Download coordinates as: Umagico is a town and coastal locality in the Northern Peninsula Area Region, Queensland, Australia.

[5] Umagico, originally and still locally known as Alau, was one of several traditional Aboriginal camping sites on the western beaches of Northern Cape York Peninsula.

[6] In 1897, Archibald Meston submitted a report on the Aborigines of Queensland in which he suggested the population between Newcastle Bay and Cape York had decreased from 3,000 to less than 300 people.

[9][10] By 1915, remnants of the Aboriginal population had autonomously regrouped at Red Island Point (later known as Seisia) and Cowal Creek (known then as Small River and later as Injinoo).

[11] Both communities approached the Queensland Government for land to establish gardens, leading to the creation of an Aboriginal reserve at Cowal Creek in 1915.

[14] The community grew during the 1920s and 1930s with the inclusion of Aboriginal groups who moved from the McDonnell Ranges, Red Island Point and Seven Rivers.

[17][18] After World War II, populations in Northern Cape York Peninsula were again transformed, as Torres Strait Islanders began resettling in the area.

The nearest government secondary school is the senior campus of the Northern Peninsula Area College, also in Bamaga.