Abergowrie, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Abergowrie is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia.

[4] Abergowrie has the following mountains: Gugu Badhun (also known as Koko-Badun and Kokopatun) is an Australian Aboriginal language of North Queensland.

[2] On Sunday 22 October 1933, Bishop McGuire laid the foundation stone for a Catholic agricultural farm school.

[16] St Teresa's Agricultural College was officially opened the Apostolic Delegate, Filippo Bernardini.

[19] In the 2016 census, the locality of Abergowrie had a population of 438 people, 31% female and 69% male with 30.8% being Indigenous Australian.

77.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.4% Italian, 1.4% Djambarrpuyngu, 0.9% Kuuk Thayorre, 0.9% Kriol and 0.7% Guugu Yimidhirr.

[24] In the 2021 census, the locality of Abergowrie had a population of 305 people, 39.9% female and 60.1% male with 10.5% being Indigenous Australian.

The other top responses for country of birth were Fiji 1.6%, 1.3% South Africa, 1.0% Papua New Guinea and 1.0% Italy.

Abergowrie Bridge over the Herbert River on the road from Ingham to Abergowrie, Queensland, ca. 1934
St Theresa's Agricultural College, Abergowrie, Queensland, circa 1932