“Australia Rural Beauty”: The Radio journey to remote Australia – Lockhart River: Aboriginal village in Cape York Peninsula in Queensland

Contributor to the SBS Sinhalese program from Queensland Mr Janaka Weerasinghe talks about the typical Aboriginal village in North Queensland: Lockhart RiverLockhart River is a coastal Aboriginal community situated on the eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland , Australia . The population consists mostly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders , whose ancestors were forcibly moved to the area beginning in 1924. At the 2006 census , Lockhart River had a population of 542, which increased to 642 at the 2011 Census.

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