Suburb of Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
Lower Cowley is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people.[1]
Geography
Liverpool Creek flows through Lower Cowley and enters the Coral Sea at Cowley Beach. The land is flat and low-lying and is used to grow crops, predominantly sugarcane. There is a cane tramway through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.[3]
History
The locality takes its name from Cowley Beach, which in turn is named after horticulturalist Ebenezer Cowley, who was the overseer at Kamerunga State Nursery.[2]
Cowley Lower State School opened on 10 May 1937 and closed in 1956.[4]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 64 people.[5]
In the 2021 census, Lower Cowley had a population of 55 people.[1]
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