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{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga
| name     = Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee
| state    = Qld
| image    = Doomadgee LGA Qld.png
| image_upright = 0.81
| caption  = Location within [[Queensland]]
| pop      = 1387
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/>
| est      = 1987
| area     = 1828
| area_footnotes = <ref name=ABSLGA>{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2018), 2017 to 2018 |url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02017-18|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=27 March 2019|access-date=25 October 2019}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.</ref> 
| mayor    = Jason Grant Ned
| seat     = [[Doomadgee]]
| region   = [[Gulf Country|North West Queensland]]
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Traeger|Traeger]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Kennedy|Kennedy]]
| logo     = Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council Logo.gif
| url      = http://www.doomadgee.qld.gov.au/
}}

The '''Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee''' is a special [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] in [[Gulf Country|North West Queensland]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. It is managed under a [[Deed of Grant in Trust]] under the ''Local Government (Community Government Areas) Act 2004''.

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee had a population of 1,387 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

== Geography ==
The shire is located within the [[Gulf Country]] to the south of the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]]. It consists of two disconnected areas of land: the locality of [[Doomadgee, Queensland|Doomadgee]] which is inland and the locality of [[Gangalidda, Queensland|Gangalidda]] on the coast of the gulf. The shire was excised from the [[Shire of Burke]] and is surrounded by the Shire of Burke.<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref>

== History ==
{{further|Doomadgee, Queensland}}
The name Doomadgee derives from Dumaji, a coastal [[sand dune]] in the traditional land of the [[Yukulta|Yukulta / Ganggalidda]] people.<ref name=qplace>{{cite web|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland at the [[University of Queensland]] | title=Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council | website=Queensland Places | url=https://queenslandplaces.com.au/doomadgee-aboriginal-shire-council | access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>

[[Waanyi language|Waanyi]] (also known as ''Wanyi'', ''Wanyee'', ''Wanee'', ''Waangyee'', ''Wonyee'', ''Garawa'', and ''Wanji)'' is an [[Australian Aboriginal language]] of the Gulf Country. The language region includes the western parts of Lawn Hill Creek and [[Nicholson River (Queensland)|Nicholson River]], from about the boundary between the [[Northern Territory]] and Queensland, westwards towards [[Alexandria Station (Northern Territory)|Alexandria station]], [[Doomadgee, Queensland|Doomadgee]], and Nicholson River. It includes the local government area of the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee.<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/136|title=Waanyi|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> The [[Yukulta language|Yukulta]] (also known as Ganggalida) language region is also of the Gulf Country, including the local government areas of the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee and [[Shire of Mornington (Queensland)|Shire of Mornington]].<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/170|title=Yukulta|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

"Old Doomadgee Mission" was established in 1933 by the Akehursts, a [[Christian Brethren]] family, supported by the church and Queensland's [[Chief Protector of Aboriginals]], to house primarily Gangalidda people who had ended up living on the fringes of the [[Burketown, Queensland|Burketown]] township.<ref name=qgov>{{cite SLQ-CC-BY | title=Doomadgee | website=Queensland Government  |  url=https://www.qld.gov.au/atsi/cultural-awareness-heritage-arts/community-histories/community-histories-c-d/community-histories-doomadgee | access-date=11 October 2020}} </ref><ref name=qplace/> It was located at Dumaji at [[Bayley Point]] Aboriginal reserve, on Gangalidda land. After a cyclone in 1936 destroyed the settlement, and the decision was made to move the settlement to Nicholson River, where the later [[Doomadgee Mission]] was established<ref name=f&colddoom>{{cite web | title=Old Doomadgee Mission (1933 - 1936) | website=Find & Connect | date=12 May 2017 | url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00813 | access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref> at "new Doomadgee".<ref name=qplace/>

Doomadgee's population increased greatly during the 1950s-1960s, and facilities including a store, bank, post office, [[rodeo]] ground and a bakery were established. From a population of 138 in 1938, it had grown to 1257 by 2011.<ref name=qplace/>

On 30 March 1985, the Doomadgee community elected five councillors to constitute an autonomous Doomadgee Aboriginal Council, and on 21 May 1987, under the ''Community Services (Aborigines) Act 1984'' the [[Aboriginal reserve]] was transferred from the [[Queensland Government]] to the trusteeship of the Doomadgee Aboriginal Council, under a [[Deed of Grant in Trust]] (DOGIT).<ref name=qgov/> The area included the sites of both the former and current [[mission station|mission]].

On 1 January 2005, the Doomadgee Aboriginal Council became the Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council.<ref name=qgov/>

In 2010 the Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council was established under the ''Local Government Act 2009''.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

== Demographics ==
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee had a population of 1,405 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA32770|name=Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee (LGA)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee had a population of 1,387 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA32770|name=Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee (LGA)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>

== People ==
The majority of residents are Gangalidda or Waanyi people, but smaller populations of Gadawa, Lardil, Mingginda and Garawa are also resident within Doomadgee.

== Mayors ==
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* 2008–2016: Frederick O'Keefe<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2008/DoomadgeeAboriginalShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|title=2008 Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary|website=results.ecq.qld.gov.au|access-date=2017-12-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427180923/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/lg2008/DoomadgeeAboriginalShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|archive-date=2018-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2012/DoomadgeeAboriginalShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|title=2012 Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary|website=results.ecq.qld.gov.au|access-date=2017-12-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401003755/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2012/DoomadgeeAboriginalShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|archive-date=2018-04-01}}</ref>
* 2016–2020: Edric Walden<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/DoomadgeeAboriginalShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|title=2016 Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary|website=results.ecq.qld.gov.au|access-date=2017-12-04|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327051852/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2016/DoomadgeeAboriginalShireCouncil/results/mayoral/summary.html|archive-date=2018-03-27}}</ref>
*2020–present: Jason Grant Ned<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=2020 Local Government Elections: Saturday, 28 March 2020|url=https://prodresults.elections.qld.gov.au/lga2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223051226/https://prodresults.elections.qld.gov.au/lga2020|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2020|access-date=16 June 2020|publisher=[[Electoral Commission of Queensland]]}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Doomadgee, Queensland]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/tep/93944 Archived Queensland regional profiles Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council: based on reformed local government boundaries / Office of Economic and Statistical Research] via [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma9911486484702061 State Library of Queensland]
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