Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale
- 15.3145.11666666667Koordinaten: 15 ° 18 ' S, 145 ° 7' O The Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Queensland. The area is 1111 km ² and has about 1000 inhabitants.
Geography
The Shire is located on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula in the north of the state about 190 kilometers north of Cairns and 1580 km north of the capital, Brisbane.
Almost all the inhabitants live in the settlement Hope Vale in the south of the LGA.
History
At Elim Beach the first mission station was built to accommodate indigenous peoples in the 80s of the 19th century. During the Second World War, the Aboriginal people were brought to Woorabinda and built today's Hope Vale Mission after the war in 1949. In 1986, she was handed over to the Aboriginal and eleven years later give them a 110 000 hectare of land on the coast has been awarded, they could manage. In 2004, the Hope Vale Shire was founded and Native granted local self-government.
Management
The Hope Vale Council has five members. The Mayor ( mayor) and four other Councillor shall be elected by all residents of the Shire. The LGA is not divided into electoral districts.