Hopevale, Queensland

Hopevale, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Hopevale
state = qld


caption =
lga = Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council
postcode = 4895
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pop = 1200-1300
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maxtemp =
mintemp =
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stategov = Cook
fedgov = Leichhardt

Hopevale, (or Hope Vale), Queensland, Australia is an Aboriginal community on Cape York Peninsula about 46 km west of Cooktown, and about 10 km off the Battlecamp Road that leads to Lakefield National Park and Laura. At the 2006 census, Hopevale had a population of 765.Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL327800|name=Hope Vale (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2008-05-04|quick=on]

It was established as the Cape Bedford Mission by the Lutheran Church in 1886, with the settlement at Elim on the beach.

Due to worries that the Aboriginal people might cooperate with the advancing Japanese in World War II, the total population was evacuated south to various communities by the military. The German Lutheran missionaries were sent to internment camps. Most of the people were sent to Woorabinda, near Rockhampton, in Queensland. In just one month, 28 people lost their lives, with nearly a quarter of the people dying over the next 8 years.

Hope Vale was established as a Lutheran Mission in September, 1949. Aboriginal people from the Hope Valley and Cape Bedford Missions were settled there. A work crew was allowed to return in 1949 and the first families came home in 1950.

Hopevale is home to several clan groups who mostly speak Guugu Yimidhirr and other related languages, as well as English.

Due to a lack of reliable water supplies at Elim, the community was shifted about 20 km inland to its present site.

Notable former residents of Hopevale are Queensland rugby league player Matt Bowen and lawyer and activist Noel Pearson.

On July 21st, 2008 the Hope Vale community opened the Indigenous Knowledge and Technology Centre (IKTC), in the Jack Bambie building. This centre provides a library service, training venue and public Internet access.

References

*Pohlner, Peter. 1986. "gangarru". Hopevale Mission Board, Milton, Queensland. ISBN 1-86252-311-8
*Poland, Wilhelm. "Loose leaves; reminiscences of a pioneer North Queensland Missionary". originally published as three booklets by The Mission Institute of Neuendettelsau, Bavaria, 1905-1912. Reprint: Lutheran Publishing House, Adelaide. 1988. ISBN 0-85910-468-0
*Roth, W. E. 1897. "The Queensland Aborigines". 3 Vols. Reprint: Facsimile Edition, Hesperian Press, Victoria Park, W.A., 1984. ISBN 0-85905-054-8.
*Sutton, Peter (ed). "Languages of Cape York: Papers presented to a Symposium organised by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies". Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. (1976). ISBN 0-85575-046-4.
*Wynter, Jo and Hill, John. 1991. "Cape York Peninsula: Pathways to Community Economic Development". The Final Report of The Community Economic Development Projects Cook Shire. Cook Shire Council.

Further reading

*Haviland, John B., with Hart, Roger. 1998. "Old Man Fog and the Last Aborigines of Barrow Point". Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst. ISBN 1-86333-169-7.
* Callaghan, Margie, editor. "Mangal-Bungal Clever with Hands: Baskets and stories woven by some of the women of Hopevale, Cape York Peninsula". Hopevale Community Learning Centre Aboriginal Corporation. ISBN 978-0-646-46701-6

External links

* [http://www.accq.org.au/comm/hopevale.htm (Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council website)] .


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