There
is a football
oval, a supermarket, an art and coffee shop, and a
beautiful beach with a camping ground.
Behind the supermarket is the Thupmul Art and Coffee Shop, run by a
young local family.
They sell some local indigenous
art, as well as coffee, milkshakes, frappes, sweets and more.
A bit further, down the beach,
is a camping ground.
It is a beautiful spot with a casuarina beach, and the sunsets can be beautiful.
Boats can be launched off the beach, the reef is only 200 metres away.
And on a
quieter section of the beach, you
might
see a crocodile basking in the sun.
Right
next to the oldest
community - Injinoo,
Umagico was first settled
by the
Williams family, who wanted to live outside the Injinoo
community. George
Williams was working
for Frank Jardine from Somerset,
and was given a home here by Frank, with permission by the Injinoo
people.
Later, in the late 1920s,
when the people of the communities of Lockhart
River
and Port
Stewart
were forced from their home lands, they were given permission to settle
here by the Injinoo people as well as Jardine and Williams families.
Umagico means "black
headed python place", and another name often used is Alau, which was a
Williams family's name, and today is the name for the camping ground.
Today, about 300 people call the community home, and about 90% are Aboriginals or Torres Strait Islanders. Originally mostly Aboriginal people, later there have also been additions from Mabuiag, Moa and Badu Islands.
About 90%
of people
speak Lawlau and Yumplatok at home.
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