Dowar Islet, Queensland
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_in_Murray_Islands_(Landsat).jpg) Dowar Islet (in pink rectangle) as part of the Murray Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 9°56′37″S 144°01′35″E / 9.9436°S 144.0263°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 0.5 km2 (0.19 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4875[2] | ||||||||||||
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Dowar Islet is an island locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] It consists of a single island, Daua Island (also known as Dowar Island) which is one of the Murray Islands group in the Torres Strait.[4]
There are a few buildings on the island, but it is not developed.[5] The island was declared a locality on 2 July 2010[3] and its postcode is 4875.[2] In both the 2016 census and 2021 census, it had "no people or a very low population".[6][1]
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- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Dowar Islet (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- 1 2 Dowar Islet Postcode Australia Post
- 1 2 "Dowar Islet – locality in Torres Strait Island Region (entry 46718)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ↑ "Daua Island – island in the Torres Strait Region (entry 10472)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dowar Islet (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
