Rossville, Queensland Explained

Type:town
Rossville
State:qld
Coordinates:-15.7512°N 145.2672°W
Pop:253
Postcode:4895
Area:661.3
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Shire of Cook
Stategov:Cook
Fedgov:Leichhardt
Near-N:Cooktown
Near-Ne:Coral Sea
Near-E:Bloomfield
Near-Se:Bloomfield
Near-S:Bloomfield
Near-Sw:Lakeland
Near-W:Lakeland
Near-Nw:Lakeland

Rossville is a town and coastal locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, the locality of Rossville had a population of 253 people.

Geography

Helenvale is a neighbourhood within the north-west of the locality .[3]

The Hope Islands are an island group 10km (10miles) off the east coast of Rossville .[4]

The Annan River and East Normanby River both rise on the slopes of the Trevethan Range in the south of Rossville.

The boundaries of the locality extend into the Coral Sea to incorporate the two Hope Islands into the locality (unofficially known as East Hope and West Hope to distinguish them). The Hope Islands are entirely within the Hope Islands National Park.[5]

History

The Hope Island are traditionally part of the sea country of the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people.

The Hope Islands were named by Lieutenant James Cook of HMS Endeavour on 13 June 1770. After the Endeavour had become stranded on the Endeavour Reef, Cook hoped that they might reach the islands after freeing the ship.[6]

Rossville Provisional School opened circa 1898 and became Rossville State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1964. A new Rossville State School opened on 25 January 1988.[7]

Demographics

In the, the locality of Rossville had a population of 204 people.

In the, the locality of Rossville had a population of 253 people.

Heritage listings

Rossville has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

Rossville State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Angus Gully Road (-15.7632°N 145.2683°W).[9] [10] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 32 students with 3 teachers and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[11] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 28 students with 2 teachers and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[12]

There are no secondary schools in Rossville with the closest secondary school being Cooktown State School in neighbouring Cooktown, 31.1 kilometres (19.3mi) from Rossville.

Notes and References

  1. 31 May 2014.
  2. 31 May 2014.
  3. 8 January 2020.
  4. 12 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Hope Islands National Park. 24 May 2019. Parks and Forests. Queensland Government. 4 June 2019. 4 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190604061316/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/hope-islands/. live.
  6. 4 June 2019.
  7. 18 April 2019.
  8. 7 July 2013.
  9. Web site: State and non-state school details. Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. 21 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997. 21 November 2018. live.
  10. Web site: 2020-01-20 . Rossville State School . 2022-05-11 . Rossville State School . en.
  11. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0. 22 November 2018. live. 22 November 2018.
  12. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2018. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 28 January 2020.