QLDPlanned settlement
Wujal Wujal
A mission settlement created a permanent service community beside Bloomfield Falls.
1957The Bloomfield River mission moved to Wujal Wujal
WHAT STARTED IT
Housing, church, school and health services gathered families from the surrounding rainforest country.
WHAT SUSTAINED IT
Local government transferred to an Aboriginal shire in 1987 and community administration expanded.
TURNING POINTS
1957The Bloomfield River mission moved to Wujal Wujal
1987Local government transferred to an Aboriginal shire in 1987 and community administration expanded.
2005Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Council became the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council under Queensland’s community-government reforms.
2023Flooding after Tropical Cyclone Jasper cut roads and forced the evacuation of the community in December.
WHAT IT DOES NOW
A remote rainforest community with council, school, arts, health and visitor services.