Dagmar, Queensland
| Dagmar Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Dagmar | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°10′29″S 145°13′17″E / 16.1747°S 145.2213°ECoordinates: 16°10′29″S 145°13′17″E / 16.1747°S 145.2213°E ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 0 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0000/km2 (0.000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4873 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 199.7 km2 (77.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Douglas | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Dagmar is a locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Dagmar had a population of 0 people.[1] It is part of the Daintree National Park, part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, a UNESCO World Heritage site.[3][4][5]
Geography[edit]
The Daintree River forms the north-eastern, northern, and north-western boundaries, while the Daintree Range loosely forms its southern boundary.[6][7]
The entire locality forms part of the Daintree National Park, part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, a UNESCO World Heritage site.[3][4][5]
History[edit]
The locality takes its name from the Heights of Dagmar (now the Dagmar Range), which was named by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple in his 1873 exploration of the North East Coast of Queensland.[8][9] In his report to the Queensland Parliament, Dalrymyple described the range as "jungle-clad hills" but he provided no explanation as to the choice of name.[9] Others have claimed he so named it because of a resemblance to the Dagmar Cross.[10][11] Dalyrmple described the land from the range down to the Daintree River as "luxuriant jungles, filling all the broad valley, and giving evidence of many thousands of acres of the same rich agricultural lands ... soon to be the gem of Australia", prophesying that agriculture rather than mining would be the longterm feature of the Queensland economy.[12]
Another of the expedition members, Robert Johnstone (a sub-inspector in the Queensland Police Force) climbed to the top of the Heights of Dagmar, describing the range as "fine open grassy hills of good soil; the extent of rich jungle land is very extensive". Another expedition member Walter Hill (a botanist) described the soil "first class" and identified a new species of coconut palm.[13] Hill also expressed the view that the land around the upper Daintree River would be able to support a large population, noting it would be suitable for the cultivation of sugarcane and other tropical crops as well as for grazing land. He also believed the Daintree River would be an effective transport route to the Palmer goldfields to the west.[14]
In April 1886 Queensland Government offered land for sale in Dagmar, 4 parcels of 160 acres (65 ha) each, [15][16] followed by further land sales and pastoral leases. By 1894, a number of blocks of land had been sold along the Daintree River in the south-east of the present boundaries of the locality.[17]
In 1942 the Queensland Government set aside land in Dagmar to create a reserve as a source of timber (later known as the Dagmar State Forest).[18] The timber reserve appears on a 1950 map.[19]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dagmar (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ "Dagmar – locality in Shire of Douglas (entry 48596)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wet Tropics parks". Parks and forests. Queensland Government. 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2021-10-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Daintree National Park (CYPAL)". Parks and forests. Queensland Government. 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2021-10-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Wet Tropics of Queensland". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-10-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Google (20 August 2021). "Dagmar, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
layers: locality, ranges, watercourse
- ↑ "Many Things". Cairns Post (11, 090). Queensland, Australia. 28 August 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Dalrymple, George Elphinstone (1874), Narrative and reports of the Queensland North-East coast expedition, 1873, Queensland Parliament, pp. 19, para 260, retrieved 27 October 2021
- ↑ "Mossman". The Douglas Shire Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-10-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Far North Queensland Place names - d". Queensland History. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2021-10-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Dalrymple, George Elphinstone (1874), Narrative and reports of the Queensland North-East coast expedition, 1873, Queensland Parliament, pp. 30, para 251-253, retrieved 27 October 2021
- ↑ Johnstone, Robert (1874), Narrative and reports of the Queensland North-East coast expedition, 1873, Queensland Parliament, p. 46, retrieved 27 October 2021
- ↑ Hill, Walter (1874), Narrative and reports of the Queensland North-East coast expedition, 1873, Queensland Parliament, p. 51, retrieved 27 October 2021
- ↑ "OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS". The Brisbane Courier. XLI, (8, 804). Queensland, Australia. 3 April 1886. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Official Notifications". The Telegraph (4, 232). Queensland, Australia. 5 April 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 27 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Cook District 2 Mile map NG1 series sheet 1" (Map). Queensland Government. 1894. Retrieved 27 October 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Land Resumed". Cairns Post (12, 514). Queensland, Australia. 2 April 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 27 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m449" (Map). Queensland Government. 1950. Retrieved 27 October 2021. Unknown parameter
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