Lower Cowley, Queensland


Lower Cowley is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people.

Geography

Liverpool Creek flows through Lower Cowley and enters the Coral Sea at Cowley Beach. The land is flat and low-lying and is used to grow crops, predominantly sugarcane. There is a cane tramway through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.

History

The locality takes its name from neighbouring Cowley Beach, which in turn is named after horticulturalist Ebenezer Cowley, who was the overseer at Kamerunga State Nursery.
Cowley Lower State School opened on 10 May 1937 and closed in 1956. It was on the eastern side of Gangemi Road.

Demographics

In the, Lower Cowley had a population of 64 people.
In the, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people.

Education

There are no schools in Lower Cowley. The nearest government primary school is Silkwood State School in Silkwood to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate to the north.