Jardine River, Queensland
Jardine River is a coastal locality split between the Shire of Cook and the Shire of Torres in Queensland, Australia. In the, Jardine River had a population of 0 people.Geography
Most of the locality is within protected areas apart from small areas in the north and east of the locality. The south of the locality is within the Jardine River National Park. In the north of the locality is the Jardine River Resources Reserve.History
The locality takes its name from the river Jardine River which was originally called Deception River but was renamed by Governor of Queensland George Ferguson Bowen after Francis Lascelles Jardine and Alexander William Jardine. In 1864-1865 the Jardines overlanded stock from Rockhampton to Somerset on the Cape York Peninsula.
