The suburb of Smithfield is inland against the mountains of the Great Dividing Range, between Yorkeys Knob and Trinity Park. [70][71] Many leisure activities are conducted in this area, including flea market, sports classes and many more. The Northern Pride Queensland Cup rugby league team played their first season in 2008, and act as a feeder team to the North Queensland Cowboys who play in the National Rugby League. by Mike Adams (Natural News) About a year ago, I gave a live presentation in Branson, Missouri, that is only now being made fully public.The presentation, shown below via Brighteon.com, reveals that the real master plan which led to COVID is actually an extermination plan for humanity.. Population reduction has been the goal all along. Cairns is represented by Brothers Cairns, Ivanhoes Knights, Cairns Kangaroos, Edmonton Storm and Southern Suburbs Cockatoos in the Cairns District Rugby League. This is up by 391,000 from 2017. [5] It was formed to serve miners heading for the Hodgkinson River goldfield, but declined when an easier route was discovered from Port Douglas. The estimated residential population of the Cairns region was 161,932 persons as at 30 June 2016. Cairns also has a major taxi company, Cairns Taxis, which services the Cairns region. Notable cyclones that have affected the Cairns region include: The City Library, operated by the Cairns Regional Council, opened in 1979[31] and is situated at 151 Abbott Street. The Mulgrave Sugar Mill is located in Gordonvale (17°05′34″S 145°47′20″E / 17.0929°S 145.7889°E / -17.0929; 145.7889 (Mulgrave Sugar Mill)).[76][77]. Delta Company from the Townsville based 31st/42nd Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment is also based here. The team competes at Barlow Park. [14] Battle Camp was renamed Cairns in late 1876 in honour of the then Governor of Queensland, William Cairns. It passes through the suburbs of Stratford, Freshwater (stopping at Freshwater Station) and Redlynch before reaching Kuranda. [1][6][7] Cairns is a popular tourist destination because of its tropical climate and access to tropical rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Cairns also hosts growing bases for Rugby union. The northern part of the city is located on Trinity Bay and the city centre is located on Trinity Inlet. The Kennedy Highway commences at Smithfield on the Barron River flood plain north of Cairns, and ascends the Macalister Range to the township of Kuranda. CQUniversity Australia has established a study centre in Cairns. PO Box 902 Cairns Qld 4870. The sale was described by the Auctioneers as the 'largest ever yet held in Northern Queensland'. 67.9% of people were born in Australia. In Westcourt, one of the city's oldest shopping centres has been refurbished, with the city's first DFO. This area is serviced by the Bruce Highway. A selection of memorabilia and artefacts relating to Cairns Sister Cities is displayed at Cairns City Library. Cairns is home to Far North Queensland Heat, who play in the 2nd tier of association football in Australia. The motorway will divert from Bentley Park to Gordonvale, bypassing Edmonton to reduce the effects of road noise on residential areas.[79]. A Special Forces training base was established at the old "Fairview" homestead on Munro's Hill, Mooroobool. Cairns serves as the major commercial centre for the Far North Queensland and Cape York Peninsula Regions. Combat missions were flown out of Cairns in support of the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942. The Kuranda Scenic Railway operates from Cairns. There is also an AFL Masters team that is based in Cairns, they are known as the Cairns Stingers. A smaller shuttle bus service, Jon's Kuranda Bus runs between Cairns and Kuranda alongside other private coach services. The controversial private road, Quaid Road, was constructed in 1989 through what is now a Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, and links Wangetti, on the coast just north of Cairns, to Southedge, just south of Mount Molloy. There are also four other independent schools – Peace Lutheran College, Trinity Anglican School, Freshwater Christian College and Redlynch State College. The Cairns Hospital is situated on the Cairns Esplanade and is the major hospital for the Cape York Peninsula area. Its traditional language region is within the local government areas of Cairns Region and Tablelands Region, in such localities as Cairns, Gordonvale, and the Mulgrave River, and the southern part of the Atherton Tableland including Atherton and Kairi. Cairns International Airport is essential to the viability of the area's tourism industry. [32] Current Library services and collections can be accessed from the Cairns Libraries website.[33]. Located at the base of Cape York Peninsula, it provides important transport links between the Peninsula and Gulf of Carpentaria regions, and the areas to the south of the state. For the stack, see, From top down, left to right: panorama view, city centre, sea side and Cairns Esplanade, Taxis and transportation network companies, In non-Australian dialects, the city is usually pronounced as. The Cairns region is located within on a narrow coastal strip between the Great Dividing Range and the Coral Sea, and is part of Australia’s Wet Tropics. Coaches also operate west to Mount Isa via Townsville, and to Alice Springs and Darwin in the Northern Territory. There is also a marina that houses private yachts and boats used for tourist operations. Looking back last eight years of Cairns’ population, the growth rate is very consistent and strong ranging from 0.56% to 1.74%, adding around 838 to 2,505 people each year to the overall population. Labourers gradually cleared the swamps, and the sand ridges were filled with dried mud, sawdust from local sawmills, and ballast from a quarry at Edge Hill. During World War II, the Allied Forces used Cairns as a staging base for operations in the Pacific,[23] with United States Army Air Forces and Royal Australian Air Force operational bases (now the airport), as well as a major military seaplane base in Trinity Inlet, and United States Navy and Royal Australian Navy bases near the current wharf. [16][17], The Wharf Estate Cairns went on sale in Brisbane via auction on 19 February 1889 by John Macnamara & Co. Land Auctioneers. [28] Cairns' mean annual rainfall is just under 2,000 millimetres (79 in), although monthly totals in the wet season (Dec–Mar) can exceed 1,000 mm (39 in), with the highest rainfall being recorded in any month in January 1981, where over 1,417.4 mm (55.80 in) of rain fell. [98], Established in 1989, the Cairns and District Family History Society maintains a library of world-wide genealogy material at 271 Gatton Street, Westcourt. 76.9% of people only spoke English at home. The Council consists of a directly elected mayor and 10 councillors, elected from 10 single-member divisions (or wards) using an optional preferential voting system. It also provides freight services to coastal townships on Cape York Peninsula, the Torres Strait and the Gulf of Carpentaria. There is now a weekly passenger-only service, The Savannahlander, that leaves Cairns on Wednesday mornings. The Cairns Post is a daily newspaper published in the city; a weekly paper, The Cairns Sun, is also published. The next most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 3.1%, Papua New Guinea 1.5%, Philippines 1.2% and Japan 1.1%. [28] Mean maximum temperatures vary from 26.2 °C (79.2 °F) in July to 31.7 °C (89.1 °F) in January. Established in 1978, the Cairns & District Chinese Association is an arts and heritage organisation seeking to preserve the Chinese culture and heritage of Cairns and North Queensland and enriching the contemporary cultural, social and economic diversity of the community. The Cairns region has a large association football community with a local competition which spans from Port Douglas to Innisfail and west to Dimbulah. According to census, the top six countries of birth for people in Cairns are: Australia, England, New Zealand, Japan, Korea and India. [11] In 1876, hastened by the need to export gold mined from the Hodgkinson goldfields on the tablelands to the west, closer investigation by several official expeditions established its potential for development into a port. Brinsley G. Sheridan surveyed the area and selected a place further up Trinity Inlet known to the diggers as Smith's Landing for a settlement which he renamed Thornton. The city is approximately 52 km (32 mi) from north to south; it has experienced a recent urban sprawl, with suburbs occupying land once used for sugar cane farming. Cairns radio stations include a number of public, commercial and community broadcasters. Cairns was founded in 1876 and named after Sir William Wellington Cairns, the Governor of Queensland from 1875 to 1877. The Northern Beaches consist of a number of beach communities extending north along the coast. Some of the city's suburbs are located on flood plains. South of Smithfield and inland from the Northern Beaches along the edge of the Barron River flood plain are the suburbs of Caravonica, Kamerunga, Freshwater, and Stratford. [84] Ola launched in February 2020.[85]. The domestic terminal at Cairns Airport underwent an extensive redevelopment which began in 2007 and was completed in 2010. A public bus transit network exists within the city, with two transit hubs located within the CBD: the Cairns Central Railway Station precinct, and the Cairns City Bus Station located within the Lake street and Shield street area, through which all bus lines operate and provide linkage to taxi, ride share and intercity rail services. Cairns has 89.7 clear days, annually. The Courier-Mail is a daily Queensland-wide newspaper published in Brisbane. With the “discovery” of the Great Barrier Reef in the 1970s and the appeal of the local climate, tourism snowballed in Cairns. The reasons contribute to the population growth is … In general, each beach suburb is at the end of a spur road extending from the Captain Cook Highway. Separate systems of private and public schools operate in Queensland. The Cairns esplanade includes a swimming lagoon with adjoining barbecue areas. Cairns is the main centre of Northern Queensland. The religious makeup of Cairns is: No religion (25.7%), Catholic (21.7%), Religious affiliation not stated (19.7%), Anglican (13.0%), Buddhism (3.5%), Uniting Church (3.1%), Presbyterian and Reformed (2.6%), Christian (1.9%), Other Religious Groups (1.3%), Eastern Orthodox(1.0%). [101], St Monica's Catholic Cathedral is at 183 Abbott Street. Great Barrier Reef tours that operate from Cairns are very popular and hence Cairns is also considered as the gateway to Great Barrier Reef. [67] While the city does not rank amongst Australia's top 10 destinations for domestic tourism, it attracts a significant number of Australian holiday makers despite its distance from major capitals. The Cairns Range Railway was built to connect the mining centre of Herberton with Cairns. [103], Glass bottom boats and a Semi submarine at Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, outer Cairns, Jack Barnes Bicentennial Mangrove Boardwalk, A Great Barrier Reef ferry, Green Island, outer Cairns, Mossman river and Gorge, Daintree National Park, outskirts of Cairns, Moved termite mounds, Mareeba, Queensland, outskirts of Cairns, Queensland rescue Helicopter, Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, outskirts of Cairns, Marine stingers sign, Trinity beach, Cairns, This article is about the city in Australia. Other recreational activities popular with tourists include whitewater rafting, skydiving, hang gliding, kitesurfing and snorkelling. The Mulgrave River and Barron River flow within the greater Cairns area but not through the Cairns CBD. The contact with missionaries and others since the 1800s has led to the development of a pidgin language, which transitioned into a creole language and now has its own distinctive sound system, grammar, vocabulary, usage and meaning. It serves as an important port for tourist operators providing daily reef trips. Phone: 07 4226 0000 Office hours. The tourist railway ascends the Macalister Range and is not used for commuter services. The following links provide data for this topic: Population of Australian Capital Territory 2021. The town of Cairns was created over the site of a sea-slug fishing camp when gold was found to the north in 1876. At the time of the 1995 amalgamation, Cairns City had a population of approximately 40,000 and Mulgrave Shire had a population of approximately 60,000. [31] Public accessible wifi is available. Both local government authorities had chambers in the Cairns CBD. Sol's full Speech at the May 30 2020 Sydney Demonstration against the Australian Government's Shocking, incompetent and totally unnecessary Covid19 Lockdown which has destroyed Australia's This picture paints a 1000 words how Australia is travelling with assimilation The ABC broadcasts ABC Far North, ABC Radio National, ABC NewsRadio, ABC Classic FM and the Triple J youth network. Cairns Port is also a port of call for cruise ships, such as Captain Cook Cruises, cruising the South Pacific Ocean. Cairns has a National Basketball League (NBL) team, the Cairns Taipans whose home court is the Cairns Convention Centre, known as The Snakepit during Taipans home games. The road is not open to the public and is not used for general traffic. The team has represented the city nationally previously at the 2014 FFA Cup. The Cairns region is home to the world’s most dangerous bird – this is the Cassowary which is a large, flightless bird known for inflicting fatal injuries to dogs and humans when disturbed. Population Growth of Cairns. (Kuranda, a town on the Barron River on the western side of the Macalister Range, forms part of the Cairns economic catchment but is in the Tablelands local government area and is not part of the Cairns urban area.). Almost 90% of the trade is bulk cargoes[89] – including petroleum, sugar, molasses, fertiliser and LP gas. Lot of workers was moving to Sydney to take advantage of employment opportunities there, which contributes to the population growth. The Barron Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station is located nearby on the lower Barron River, and provides green power for some of the city's needs. Notable sporting grounds include Barlow Park, Parramatta Park, Cazaly's Stadium, the Cairns Convention Centre, and the Cairns Hockey Centre. The population in June 2019 was 153,951.[1]. Prior to British settlement, the Cairns area was inhabited by the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people,[8] who still claim their Native Title rights. [32] A major refurbishment was undertaken in 1999 and a further minor refurbishment was implemented in 2011. [80] The transit network includes most parts of the city, from Palm Cove in the north, Gordonvale in the south and Redlynch to the west. The top five languages (other than English) spoken in Cairns are: Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Italian, and German. The land around Cairns is still used for sugar cane farming, although this land is increasingly under pressure from new suburbs as the city grows. Address: 165 The Esplanade Cairns Qld 4870. The Cairns airport is also a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The society organises events such as the Chinese New Year Festival, organises Lion dancers and dragon boat racing, maintains the Lit Sung Goong Temple, and offers Chinese language classes and social group activities. Cairns is a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which operates clinics and provides emergency evacuations in remote communities throughout the region. Contact details. Cairn is home to Undara National Park which boasts the world’s longest lava vents. Crystal Cascades and Copperlode Falls Dam are also behind this range. All three main commercial networks produce local news coverage - Seven Queensland and WIN Television both air 30-minute local news bulletins at 6pm each weeknight, produced from newsrooms in the city but broadcast from studios in Maroochydore and Wollongong respectively. Looking back last eight years of Cairns’ population, the growth rate is very consistent and strong ranging from 0.56% to 1.74%, adding around 838 to 2,505 people each year to the overall population. Population diversity profiles (PDF 1812 kB) are available for the Cairns and Hinterland HHS and for seven planning regions within the HHS. The official estimation of the population as of the 27th of March 2019 is 24,992,860 people. It runs private trains on the rail network owned by the Queensland State Government and managed by QR's Network Division. [10] The area is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy.[8]. These consist of large catamarans capable of carrying over 300 passengers, as well as smaller operators that may take as few as 12 tourists. Cairns region has experienced an average annual growth rate of 2.3% over the last 10 years. The Trinity Wharf has recently been the subject of a major redevelopment to improve the area for tourist and cruise ship operations. A large number of fishing trawlers are also located at the port. Cairns is served by five television stations, three commercial television stations (WIN Television, Seven Queensland and Southern Cross Nine) which are regional affiliates of the three Australian commercial television networks (Ten, Seven and Nine), and public broadcasters the ABC and SBS[75] services. Cairns’s population density is 581 people per square kilometer, which is ranking 5th most populated city in Queensland after Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Townsville. Cairns Hospital map (PDF 110kB) The old Cairns City Council chambers has been converted into a new city library. The Cairns Region consists of three former local government areas. Cairns has a seven-team AFL competition between teams from the Cairns and Port Douglas region. [99], The Cairns Historical Society operates the Cairns Museum and Cairns Historical Society Resource Centre at the former Cairns School of Arts building on the corner of Lake and Shields Streets in Cairns City. Dewpoint in the wet season (summer) averages at 23 °C (73 °F). AFL Cairns currently hosts one AFL game each season. [100], The Cairns branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 264 Grafton Street, Cairns North. The city's centre foreshore is located on a mud flat. The smaller Cairns Private Hospital is located nearby. The arrival of beche de mer fishermen from the late 1860s saw the first European presence in the area. In May 2003, the then Cairns Mayor Kevin Byrne declared that topless sunbathing is permitted here. Cairns International Airport is 7 km (4 mi) north of Cairns City between the CBD and the Northern Beaches. The average temperature of the sea ranges from 23.8 °C (74.8 °F) in July to 29.4 °C (84.9 °F) in January.[30]. [citation needed] The freight wharves are located to the south of Trinity Wharf further up Trinity Inlet. [9] Yidinji (also known as Yidinj, Yidiny, and Idindji) is an Australian Aboriginal language. The city is near the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics of Queensland, and the Atherton Tableland. It is managed throughout the city by Translink: through a service contract with the Sunbus Cairns company, however the Go Card ticketing system has not been implemented in the region. The airport handles international flights, and flights to major Australian cities, tourist destinations, and regional destinations throughout North Queensland. Services are operated by Queensland Rail (QR) and include the high-speed Diesel Tilt Train. The main industries people from Cairns work in are 20.7% Accommodation and food services, 11.6% Retail trade, 10.3% Health care and social assistance, 6.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.9% Public administration and safety, 5.1% Administrative and support services, 5.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.7% Education and training, 4.6% Rental, hiring and real estate services. The reasons contribute to the population growth is that tourism is consistently strong over the years. Cairns is home to the world’s fiercest bird: the Cassowary. The Cairns Parish of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Cooktown (now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns) was established in 1884. Tourism plays a major part in the Cairns economy. The Cairns Showground is used for sports as well, as the Cairns Show and funfairs.[97]. [102], Yumplatok (also known as Torres Strait Creole and Broken) is a contemporary Torres Strait Island language originating in the Torres Strait. Cairns has hot, humid summers and warm winters. Torres Strait Creole is also spoken on the Australian mainland, including Northern Peninsula Area Region and coastal communities such as Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton and Brisbane. Elections are held every four years. Work began on 10 May 1886; the first sod was turned in Cairns by Samuel Griffith, Premier of Queensland, and the first train arrived in Herberton on 20 October 1910 (Information taken from: A.D. Broughton, A pictorial history of the construction of the Cairns Range Railway, 1886–1891, 1991). [92] There are almost 6,700 primary students and 4,000 secondary students enrolled in the Roman Catholic school system.[93]. Cairns is considered the gateway to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, is a city in tropical North Queensland. From 1770 to the early 1870s the area was known to the British simply as Trinity Bay. This page was last edited on 1 March 2021, at 04:16. There are 20 state primary schools and 16 state high schools operated by the Queensland state government Department of Education within the Cairns City Council area, including 6 schools in the predominantly rural areas south of Gordonvale. 8:00am - 5:00pm. Two thirds of Tropical North Queensland’s population growth is accommodated within the Cairns region. Mount Bartle Frere (1622 meters) is Queensland highest point and is located due south of the city of Cairn. The railway opened up land later used for agriculture on the lowlands (sugar cane, corn, rice, bananas, pineapples), and for fruit and dairy production on the Tableland. The airport has a domestic terminal, an international terminal, and a general aviation area. Cairns railway station is the terminus for Queensland's North Coast railway line, which follows the eastern seaboard from Brisbane. The site was predominantly mangrove swamps and sand ridges. Cairns is an important transport hub in the Far North Queensland region. Cairns has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Cairns is part of the Cairns Region local government area which is governed by a Regional Council. Cairns has numerous primary and secondary schools. But where the globalists have shown their true evil … The third area is the Shire of Douglas, which amalgamated in 2008 during major statewide local government reforms. Useful Information. The main bus hubs in the Cairns CBD are the Cairns City bus station, opened in 2014,[81] and at Cairns Central), the former servicing almost all bus lines in Cairns.[82]. Emergence of a bufonid herpesvirus in a population of the common toad Bufo bufo in Germany Prepress abstract. The small suburb of Aeroglen is pressed between Mount Whitfield and the airport, on the Captain Cook Highway between Cairns North and Stratford. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 32.1%, Catholic 22.4% and Anglican 13.2%. 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Uber was introduced to the region in March 2017,[83] servicing the greater region. It is a base for the regional offices of various government departments. Roman Catholic schools are operated by Catholic Education Cairns. [90] The base has a complement of 900 personnel, and supports fourteen warships, including the four Armidale-class patrol boats of Ardent Division, four of the six Balikpapan-class landing craft, and all six ships of the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Service.[90]. [72][73] To service the needs of suburbs further from the city centre, shopping complexes are also located at Mount Sheridan, Redlynch, Smithfield, and Clifton Beach. Growth in Australia’s key capital cities accounted for 79% of the countries overall population growth.Government Statistics The city is represented in the Federal Parliament by representatives elected from the districts of Leichhardt and Kennedy. [68] There is also a growing interest in Cairns from the Chinese leisure market with regular scheduled direct flights from Chinese cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou. The Irukandji language region includes the landscape within Cairns Regional Council. This area is sometimes referred to as Freshwater Valley, though it is actually the lower part of Redlynch Valley; further up the valley are the suburbs of Redlynch, on the western side of Redlynch Valley, and Brinsmead on the eastern side. The Cairns Bulletin is an independent newspaper in circulation in the Cairns area. The Roman Catholic system encompasses nineteen primary schools, six secondary colleges and one P-12 college. Freight trains also operate along the route, with a QR Freight handling facility located at Portsmith.
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