Djiru, Queensland


Djiru is a coastal locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Djiru had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

Djiru has a small stretch of coastline beside Bingil Bay with a small sandy beach known as Wee Beach.
Djiru has the following mountains and passes :
The El Arish Mission Beach Road enters the locality from Maria Creeks to the north-west, forming part of the north-western boundary of the locality before travelling east through the locality, exiting to Mission Beach to the south-east.
Djiru National Park occupies most of the locality and preserves the lowland rainforest in the Wet Tropics that has been vanishing since the European colonisation.
The land use is predominantly nature conservation.

History

In December 2005, the Queensland Government gazetted Tam O'Shanter National Park. It was renamed Djiru National Park in December 2009 to recognise Djiru Aboriginal people as the traditional owners of the land.

Demographics

In the, Djiru had "no people or a very low population".
In the, Djiru had "no people or a very low population".

Education

There are no schools in Djiru. The nearest government primary school is Mission Beach State School in neighbouring Wongaling Beach to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the south-west.