Northern Peninsula Area

In March 2008, 5 communities - Bamaga, Injinoo, New Mapoon, Seisia and Umagico - amalgamated as the Northern Peninsula Regional Council.

Bamaga, a Torres Strait Islander community, was first established at Muttee Head in 1947. People from Saibai Island relocated to the area because of the threat to their island from tidal inundation. By 1954 the community had been relocated to its present site, known as Ichirru.

New Mapoon was originally established as a township named Charcoal Burner in 1963. It was a relocation area for Indigenous people from Mapoon just north of Weipa (known as Old Mapoon and sometimes Marpuna).

Seisia, formerly known as Red Island Point, was established in 1948. Six brothers from the Saibai Island Clan (Koedal) arrived in the area in the pearling lugger "Seisia" named for the brothers - Sunai, Elu, Ibuai, Sagaukaz, Isua and Aken. The Red Island Point Community was granted ownership of the land under a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) in 1985. When registering as a Local Authority, the community changed its name to Seisia.

Umagico, known locally as 'Alau', came into being in the early 1960s. The then state government forced the Morrobalama People (living in and around the Charlotte Bay region of eastern Cape York - the Lockhart River Mission) to settle in the area. In the early 1970s, people from Moa Island in the Torres Strait were also resettled in Umagico.

Seisia is the main port for the Northern Peninsula Area. Bamaga is the area's commercial and administrative centre and major government services are located there.

The NPA PCYC staff can be contacted at:

Sonia Townson
Area Manager
NPA C.A.P.E. PCYC
Telephone: 0408 206 178
Email: Sonia.Townson@pcyc.org.au


or if you want further information about IBU Projects in NPA Communities, please contact:


Suzanne Williams
Special Projects Coordinator
Something Better Program
Telephone : (07) 4040 4907
Email Address: Suzanne.Williams @pcyc.org.au

Nicole Assan
Program Coordinator
C.A.P.E. PCYC Program
Telephone: (07) 4040 4907
Email Address: Nicole.Assan@pcyc.org.au

Sarah Addo
Regional ICSRO Manager
Telephone: (07) 4040 4992
Email: Sarah.Addo@pcyc.org.au

Updated Friday, 16 July 2010.