Wenlock, Queensland

Wenlock is a rural locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. In the, Wenlock had a population of 9 people.

Geography

The locality is in the northern part of the Cape York Peninsula. The Great Dividing Range passes through the north-eastern corner of the locality and then forms the eastern and south-eastern boundary of the locality. Consequently most of the locality lies to the west of the Great Dividing Range and is within the Gulf of Carpentaria drainage basin with a small section of the north-east of the locality being east of the range within the North-East Coast drainage basin (flowing into the Coral Sea.
There are 3 small sections of the Batavia National Park in the north-east, east, and south-west of the locality. There is an area in the north of the locality used for grazing on native vegetation, but there is minimal land use in most of the locality.

In the, Wenlock had "no people or a very low population".
In the, Wenlock had a population of 9 people.

There are no schools in Wenlock. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Western Cape College in Rocky Point, Weipa, to the west. There is also a Catholic primary school in Rocky Point. However, these schools would be too distant for most students in Wenlock. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.