Rossville

History

The Hope Island are traditionally part of the sea country of the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people. Rossville Provisional School opened circa 1898 and became Rossville State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1964. A new Rossville State School opened on 25 January 1988.

Geography

Helenvale is a neighbourhood within the north-west of the locality (). The Annan River and East Normanby River both rise on the slopes of the Trevethan Range in the south of Rossville. The boundaries of the locality extend into the Coral Sea to incorporate the two Hope Islands into the locality (unofficially known as East Hope and West Hope to distinguish them). The Hope Islands are entirely within the Hope Islands National Park.

Most-observed species

• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  64
• Australasian Figbird

  Sphecotheres vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  62
• Bar-shouldered Dove

  Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
  59
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  57
• Green Oriole

  Oriolus flavocinctus (King, 1826) · Aves
  57
• Yellow-spotted Honeyeater

  Meliphaga notata (Gould, 1867) · Aves
  52
• White-bellied Cuckooshrike

  Coracina papuensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  50
• Black Mountain Rainbow-skink

  Liburnascincus scirtetis (Ingram & Covacevich, 1980) · Squamata
  40