Coen (13° 54' S; 143° 13' E), is a small inland town of about 200 people on the main road heading up the Cape York Peninsula in far northern Queensland, Australia. It is in the Cook Shire Local Government Area. Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland, Australia. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ...

Gold was discovered on the Coen River in 1876. Coen came into being first as a small fort built by gold miners and prospectors in May 1877 but this first gold rush quickly came to an end, and the settlement didn't recover until 1883. It became a centre for several small goldmines in the region but, in 1893, the rich Great Northern mine boomed and the town became a more substantial place. General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... Mining - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A prospector is a person who prospects, or explores an area for natural resources such as minerals, oil, flora or fauna. ... Gold rush ad A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ...

The Great Northern mine continued operations until 1916 and produced some 52,000 troy ounces (1,617 kg) of gold before it closed.

Today Coen not only provides services to the region, and it is an important supply point on the long unpaved road leading to Weipa and other northern communities, but it is a popular stopping point for tourists driving up to the tip of Cape York - the northernmost part of the Australian mainland. Weipa ( 12°36′ S 141°58′ E) is a town on the Gulf of Carpentaria coast on Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. ...

It has an airstrip (24 km north of the town), hotel, two stores and fuel outlets, hospital, post office, police station, camping grounds, and more.