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Aboriginal Shire of Napranum Queensland
Disjoint areas of Napranum Aboriginal Shire are shown in yellow, 2017
Aboriginal Shire of Napranum
Coordinates	12°41′01″S 141°53′16″E / 12.6837°S 141.8879°E / -12.6837; 141.8879
Population	883 (2021 census)
• Density	0.4406/km (1.1412/sq mi)
Area	2,004 km (773.7 sq mi)
Mayor	Janita Motton
Council seat	Napranum
Region	Far North Queensland
State electorate(s)	Cook
Federal division(s)	Leichhardt
Website	Aboriginal Shire of Napranum
LGAs around Aboriginal Shire of Napranum: Gulf of Carpentaria Mapoon Cook Weipa Napranum Cook Gulf of Carpentaria Aurukun Cook

The Aboriginal Shire of Napranum is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is on the western side of the Cape York Peninsula around Weipa.

In the 2021 census, the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum had a population of 883 people.

Geography

Most local government areas are a single contiguous area (possibly including islands). However, Aboriginal Shires are often defined as a number of disjoint areas each containing an Indigenous community. In the case of the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum, it consists of several disjoint parts of the locality of Mission River (remainder in Shire of Cook) with the town of Napranum as its seat.

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum had a population of 957 people.

In the 2021 census, the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum had a population of 883 people.

Amenities

Napranum Shire Council operate an Indigenous Knowledge Centre at Napranum.

Mayors

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2020)

• 2020–present: Janita Motton

Election results

2024

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Aboriginal Shire of Napranum (LGA)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
3. "Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004". Queensland Legislation: In Force. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
4. "Mission River – locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum (entry 45794)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Aboriginal Shire of Napranum (LGA)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
6. "Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council". Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
7. "2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

• Aboriginal Shire of Napranum
• Local government areas of Queensland
• Cape York Peninsula