Collinsville
Mining town south-west of Bowen named by the Railways Department after Charles Collins, the local MLA. Coal deposits on Pelican creek had been investigated by Robert Logan Jack as far back as 1875, and with the expansion of the railway network there was a need to find local supplies of coal for the far northern railways which relied on fuel imported from southern sources. The Queensland government decided to investigate Robert Logan Jack's find, a group of Bowen interests formed the Bowen River Coal Prospecting Syndicate, and,, along with other interested parties, took out exploration licences. Several coal seams were verified and when Labor came to power in 1915 there was a a commitment for a State coal mine at Pelican Creek. The proposal was expanded in 1917 to include a coking facility for a proposed steel works south of Bowen.
Originally known as Moongunya, an aboriginal word that translates to place of coal but officially renamed on 20 September 1921 the town had nearly 100 lots sold by 1922 with freight and passenger services to Bowen. Electricity was reticulated from the mine, with the town well away from the mine workings. The satellite town of Scottville, about four km south-west of Collinsville, was associated with a smaller mine operated by Bowen Consolidated Coal Mines.
Both towns came under the influence of militant unionists as the Communist Party formed a united industrial front in 1933-34, gaining control of the national mining union, and by 1936 Collinsville had four Communist Party branches to one ALP branch. Collinsville voters elected the left-wing Jim Henderson to the local Shire Council and provided strong (48%) support for the Communist candidate for Bowen, Fred Paterson. In Scottville the figure was 75 percent. In 1968 union militancy again came to the fore in a lockout over the construction of a powerhouse for the Northern Electricity Authority intended to take up coal formerly used to power steam locomotives, which had been phased out.
Condon
Residential suburb of Townsville named after an early farming family, the northern-most of three suburbs along the Upper Ross River's western bank.
Conway
Cape, named by Cook 3 June 1770. General H.S. Conway was Secretary of State 1765 to 1768.
Cook
Electorate created by the Cook District Representation Act of 1875 as a single member constituency. Gained a second member in 1878, but lost him in 1887. The name has survived through successive redistributions with frequent changes of boundaries. The 1991 redistribution saw Burketown and Mornington Island transferred to Mount Isa. The 2008 redistribution switched parts of the former Tablelands electorate into Cook and Ellis Beach, Palm Cove and Clifton Beach from Cook into Barron River.
Shire, local government area which comprises much of Cape York Peninsula, with the exceptions of Weipa township, along with Aurukun, Hope Vale, Kowanyama, Lockhart River, Mapoon, Naprunum, Northern Peninsula Area and Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council areas. Hann Shire and Daintree Shire were amalgamated to form Cook Shire in 1919, with Cooktown incorporated into the Shire in 1932.