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    Bud Brannigan Architects

    Jan 28, 2019 4 minutes
    Review by Roger Mainwood, Stefanie Field
    Photography by David Sandison

    Location

    Karumba, Qld

    Local Government Area

    Carpentaria

    Region type

    Heartland region

    Aboriginal traditional owners

    Gkuthaarn, Kukatj and Kurtijar peoples

    Distance to nearest state/territory capital

    1,209 km (Darwin, NT)

    Population

    2016 census 526

    2011 census 586

    growth 2011–16* -10.2%

    *national average +8.8%

    Top employment sectors (2016 census)

    16.3% Accommodation

    9.7% Local government administration

    5.3% Primary education

    4.8% Fish and seafood wholesaling

    Nine hours west of Cairns, on the edge of the Gulf of Carpentaria (GoC), the town of Karumba sits at the mouth of the Norman River. The red, salt-encrusted coastline here is cracked with fissures draining the Cape York wetlands into the sea, appearing from the air like a microscopic cross-section of sweaty skin. The

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