New Mapoon, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 10°51′58″S 142°23′11″E / 10.8662°S 142.3863°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 137.8 km2 (53.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 412 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.990/km2 (7.744/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
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New Mapoon is a town in the Northern Peninsula Area Region and coastal locality split between the Northern Peninsula Region and Shire of Torres, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of New Mapoon had a population of 412 people.
The people who live at New Mapoon were forcibly moved from Marpuna in the early 1960s to accommodate mining expansion on their traditional country. They now have historical association and administrative responsibility for a DOGIT area on the traditional country of the Gudang people. The residents of New Mapoon have a ranger service, which works closely with the Injinoo and other Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) community rangers to undertake land management practices in the NPA.