Bowen Queensland is halfway between Townsville and Mackay, and 1,130 kilometres by road from Brisbane.
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15 Facts About Bowen Queensland
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Bowen Queensland sits on a square peninsula, with the Coral Sea to the north, east, and south.
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Bowen Queensland named and climbed Mount Gordon to survey the region and observed that a river traversed a valley just behind Port Denison and into the sea.
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Bowen Queensland found a large Aboriginal tomb in the hills behind the beach that was in the form of a raised mound covered in bark with its surroundings swept clean and the paths leading to it closed off with branches.
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Bowen Queensland rode down to the area on the foreshore 'beside the native wells' in order 'to clear off the aborigines from the same, should such be necessary' and to signal McDermott's group on Stone Island.
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Bowen Queensland had made it to the Queensland coast on a makeshift raft with a few companions.
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Coral reefs around Bowen Queensland are the scene of several shipwrecks, including the SS Gothenburg, which sank in 1875 with a loss of more than 100 lives.
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In 1944, Bowen elected a Communist, Fred Paterson, to Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Bowen Queensland was re-elected in 1947, but lost the seat in 1950 when the boundaries were changed to include Bowen in the seat of Whitsunday.
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On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Bowen merged with the Shire of Whitsunday to form the Whitsunday Region.
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Bowen Queensland State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 29 Kennedy Street.
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TAFE Bowen Queensland North is a government co-educational tertiary institute for vocational skills.
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Bowen Queensland Uniting Church is at 37 Kennedy Street, which was formerly the hall of the St James' Presbyterian Church.
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In December 2006, it was announced that Bowen Queensland was chosen as a filming location for part of the production of Australia, directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
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Big Mango in Bowen Queensland is one of the better known of Australia's big things.
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