 Its two main population centres are the towns of Karumba, a fishing port, and Normanton, the administrative centre, both of which are located on the Norman River.The Doonmunya Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the "Divisional Boards Act 1879" with a population of 396.However, the divisional board appeared to be completely inactive, perhaps because the division was so large (being the area surrounding the southern part of the Gulf of Carpentaria) and was very sparsely settled.