Jardine River, Queensland

Jardine River is a coastal locality split between the Shire of Cook and the Shire of Torres in Queensland, Australia. In the, Jardine River had "no people or a very low population".

Geography
Most of the locality is within protected areas apart from small areas in the north and east of the locality.

History
The locality takes its name from the river Jardine River which was originally called Deception River but was renamed by Governor of Queensland George Ferguson Bowen after Francis Lascelles Jardine and Alexander William Jardine. In 1864-1865 the Jardines overlanded stock from Rockhampton to Somerset on the Cape York Peninsula.

Demographics
In the, Jardine River had "no people or a very low population".

In the, Jardine River had "no people or a very low population".