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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Mornington_island.jpg/540px-Mornington_island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3936" data-file-height="3903" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Mornington Island from space, September 1991</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">1,025 (<a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none" data-sort-value="6999821314102564102♠"></span>0.8213/km<sup>2</sup> (2.1272/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1978</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,248 km<sup>2</sup> (481.9 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-ABSLGA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSLGA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Kyle Hector Yanner</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Council seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mornington_Island" title="Mornington Island">Gununa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Traeger" title="Electoral district of Traeger">Traeger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Kennedy" title="Division of Kennedy">Kennedy</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mornington_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Mornington_Logo.png/180px-Mornington_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Mornington_Logo.png 1.5x" data-file-width="185" data-file-height="126" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#d2d5f9;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mornington.qld.gov.au">Shire of Mornington</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">LGAs</a> around Shire of Mornington:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a></i></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a></i></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a></i></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a></i></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">Shire of Mornington</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><i><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a></i></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Burke" title="Shire of Burke">Burke</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Shire_of_Doomadgee" title="Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee">Doomadgee</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Burke" title="Shire of Burke">Burke</a></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Shire of Mornington</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">local government area</a> in northwestern <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, Australia. The shire covers the <a href="/wiki/Wellesley_Islands" title="Wellesley Islands">Wellesley Islands</a>, which includes <a href="/wiki/Mornington_Island" title="Mornington Island">Mornington Island</a>; the <a href="/wiki/South_Wellesley_Islands" title="South Wellesley Islands">South Wellesley Islands</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bountiful_Islands" title="Bountiful Islands">Bountiful Islands</a>; and <a href="/wiki/West_Wellesley_Islands" title="West Wellesley Islands"> West Wellesley / Forsyth Islands</a> groups in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria">Gulf of Carpentaria</a>. </p><p>The administrative centre of the shire is the township of <a href="/wiki/Gununa" class="mw-redirect" title="Gununa">Gununa</a> on Mornington Island.<sup id="cite_ref-council_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-council-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>, the Shire of Mornington had a population of 1,025 people.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Mornington_(Queensland)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The shire includes the traditional lands of a number of <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Australian">Aboriginal Australian</a> peoples. </p><p>The shire was formed in 1978 when the <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Government" title="Queensland Government">Queensland Government</a> decided to take control of the islands over from the <a href="/wiki/Uniting_Church_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Uniting Church of Australia">Uniting Church of Australia</a>. The local community objected, and asked the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Australia">Australian federal government</a> to help overturn this decision. After negotiations, it was agreed that the community would become self-governing under a so-called "<a href="/wiki/Local_government" title="Local government">local government</a>" model.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Mornington_(Queensland)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Shire Council covers 26 islands, which make up the <a href="/wiki/Wellesley_Islands" title="Wellesley Islands">Wellesley Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Wellesley_Islands" title="South Wellesley Islands">South Wellesley Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bountiful_Islands" title="Bountiful Islands">Bountiful Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Forsyth_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Forsyth Islands">Forsyth Islands</a> (also known as West Wellesley) groups.<sup id="cite_ref-plan2014_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plan2014-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area has abundant flora and fauna, including tea trees, <a href="/wiki/Mangrove" title="Mangrove">mangroves</a> and sea oaks. The beaches are filled with a variety of marine life, including turtles and the endangered <a href="/wiki/Dugong" title="Dugong">dugong</a>. It is a fishing and diving locale with beaches and an emphasis on <a href="/wiki/Ecotourism" title="Ecotourism">ecotourism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Mornington_(Queensland)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islands of the shire are inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Lardil_people" title="Lardil people">Lardil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yangkaal_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangkaal people">Yangkaal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaiadilt" title="Kaiadilt">Kaiadilt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gangalidda" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangalidda">Gangalidda</a> peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-plan2014_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plan2014-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages" title="Australian Aboriginal languages">Australian Aboriginal language</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lardil_language" title="Lardil language">Lardil</a> (also known as Gununa, Ladil), is spoken on <a href="/wiki/Mornington_Island" title="Mornington Island">Mornington Island</a> and on the <a href="/wiki/Wellesley_Islands" title="Wellesley Islands">Northern Wellesley Islands</a>, all within the Mornington Shire.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another <a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages" title="Australian Aboriginal languages">Australian Aboriginal language</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yukulta_language" title="Yukulta language">Yukulta</a> (also known as Ganggalida), is spoken in the Gulf Country, which includes the local government areas of the <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Shire_of_Doomadgee" title="Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee">Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee</a> and Shire of Mornington.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 Australian census">2001 census</a>, the Shire of Mornington had a population of 934 people, of whom 88.2% were <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Indigenous</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Aboriginal Australian">Aboriginal Australian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait_Islander" class="mw-redirect" title="Torres Strait Islander">Torres Strait Islander</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2006_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Australian census">2006 census</a>, the Shire of Mornington had a population of 1,032 people.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2006_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2006-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2011_Australian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Australian census">2011 census</a>, the Shire of Mornington had a population of 1,142 people.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2011_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2011-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_census" title="2016 Australian census">2016 census</a>, the Shire of Mornington had a population of 1,143 people, of whom 86.1% were Indigenous Australians.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2016_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>, the Shire of Mornington had a population of 1,025 people.<sup id="cite_ref-Census2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amenities">Amenities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shire_of_Mornington_(Queensland)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Amenities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mornington Shire Council does not operate any public libraries.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span 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