Lucinda

History

The town was named after Lady Lucinda Musgrave, the wife of the Governor of Queensland, Sir Anthony Musgrave from 1883 to 1888, or the Queensland Government steam yacht, the Lucinda, that was in turn named after her. In 1896, the Colonial Sugar Refining Company built a tramway from its Victoria sugar mill to Lucinda Point where the Queensland Government contracted the Rooney Brothers of Townsville built a storage shed and jetty. The existing harbour at Dungeness was not regarded as viable due to its shifting sandbanks. The current jetty was built in 1979. On Thursday 3 February 2011, the jetty suffered severe wave damage during Tropical Cyclone Yasi, but was repaired. Lucinda Post Office opened on 6 October 1896. Dungeness Provisional School opened in 1896. Due to problems with flooding, the school was moved to Lucinda Point in 1897 and in 1898 renamed as Lucinda Point Provisional School. On 1 January 1909, it became Lucinda Point State School. It was mothballed on 4 November 2008 and closed on 31 December 2008. It was at 20 Patterson Parade (corner Waring Street, ). The school's website was archived.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea, to the north by the southern end of the Hinchinbrook Channel (which separates Hinchinbrook Island from mainland Queensland), to the west by the Herbert River which flows in the Seaforth Channel and then into the Hinchinbrook Channel, and to the south by Gentle Annie Creek which flows into the Coral Sea. The town of Lucinda developed along the east coast from the point and extending south. The town of Dungeness () is by road north-west of the town of Lucinda. Dungeness takes its name from Dungeness Creek, which, in turn, was named after headland Dungeness on the coast of Kent, England. Unlike the town of Lucinda, Dungeness faces west onto the Enterprise Channel. The wettest recorded day was 16 December 2018 with of rainfall. Extreme temperatures ranged from on 20 February 2019 to on 20 July 1985.

Most-observed species

• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  1,125
• Peaceful Dove

  Geopelia placida Gould, 1844 · Aves
  1,038
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  965
• Brown Honeyeater

  Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
  876
• Crimson Finch

  Neochmia phaeton (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) · Aves
  868
• Comb-crested Jacana

  Irediparra gallinacea (Temminck, 1828) · Aves
  867
• Yellow Honeyeater

  Stomiopera flava (Gould, 1843) · Aves
  848
• Bar-shouldered Dove

  Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
  806

Most recent

• M 4.8 — 2003-08-11
  65 km ENE of Palm Island, Australia