Shelburne, Queensland

Shelburne is a northern coastal locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. In the, Shelburne had a population of 44 people.

Geography
The Great Dividing Range enters the locality from the north (Jardine River) and exits to the south-west (Wenlock), but then forms the south-western boundary of the locality.

The Pascoe River forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality, flowing into th Coral Sea.The eastern boundary of the locality is within the Coral Sea as the boundary of the locality encompasses a number of off-shore islands.

Parts of Shelburn are protected areas. In the north of the locality is the Heathlands Resources Reserve. In the east of the locality is the Wuthathi (Shelburne Bay) National Park and the Bromley (Ampulin) National Park. In the south of the locality is the Bromley (Kungkaychi) National Park. Apart from these protected areas, the predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.

History
In 1976, the Australian Conservation Foundation first proposed the establishment of a national park to protect Shelburne Bays' white silica sand dunes. In 1987, a silica sand mining project in the area was rejected by Prime Minister Bob Hawke because of environmental concerns and the adverse impact on the Aboriginal community who had sacred sites in the area. On 15 December 2016 the Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt announced that more than 118,000 ha of land would be returned to the Wuthathi people with 40,000 ha set aside to create the Wuthathi (Shelburne Bay) National Park which would be jointly managed by the Queensland Government and the Wuthathi people.

On 17 May 2017, the Queensland Government announced that 160,730 ha of land set aside in 1986 for the development of a spaceport would be returned to the Wuthathi, Kuuku Ya’u and Northern Kaanju people. 40,350 ha of the land would be used to establish Bromley (Ampulin) National and 10,680 ha used to establish Bromley (Kungkaychi) National Parks, both of which would be jointly managed by the Bromley Aboriginal Corporation and the Queensland Government.

Demographics
In the, Shelburne had a population of 31 people.

In the, Shelburne had a population of 44 people.

Education
There are no schools in Shelburne nor nearby. Options are distance education and boarding school.

Attractions
There are a number of lookouts in Shelburne, including:


 * Captain Billy Lookout at Captain Billy Landing on the northern coast of the locality (-11.627°N, 142.855°W)
 * Jardines Lookout on the north-western boundary of the locality on the Great Dividing Range (-11.6337°N, 142.7405°W)