Old Mapoon

Mapoon is situated approximately 960 km north west of Cairns, with the last stretch consisting of an all year access road, a distance of 86 km from Weipa on the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Mapoon was declared a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) in 1998 and is held by a group of nominated trustees. An August 2001 Census stated that 197 persons gave their address of usual residence as Marpuna Community, with about 92 per cent of the total population being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin.