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Babinda State Hotel
Babinda State Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 65-85 Munro Street, Babinda, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built from 1916 to 1917 by day labour. It is also known as Babinda Hotel. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 22 February 2002. History The Queensland Government constructed the Babinda State Hotel in the town of Babinda between 1916 and 1917. It was the only hotel at the time constructed and operated by the Queensland Government under the Labor government's State Enterprises scheme. The town of Babinda was first established in . The township's first entry in Pugh's Almanac describes Babinda as a small township of 100 people on Mulgrave Railway, in a district mainly devoted to sugar-growing, distant from Cairns. Between 1914 and 1915 the population of Babinda rose rapidly due to the construction of the Babinda Central Sugar Mill. The town was surveyed for future development in 1915, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babinda, Queensland
Babinda is a rural town and locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Babinda had a population of 1,253 people. Geography Babinda is located south of Cairns. The town is noted for its proximity to Queensland's two highest mountains Mount Bartle Frere (Queensland's highest peak) and Mount Bellenden Ker. Babinda and Tully annually compete for the Golden Gumboot, an award for Australia's wettest town. Babinda is usually the winner, recording an annual average rainfall of over each year. History Babinda takes its name from the local Indigenous Australian language for ''mountain''. Other sources, however, claim it is a Yidinji word for ''water'', possibly referring to the high rainfall of the area. Babinda State School opened on 4 November 1914. Babinda Post Office opened by 1915 (a ''Babinda Creek'' receiving office had been open since 1891). The Babinda Sugar Mill opened on 15 September 1915. It closed on 23 February 2011. Babinda Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
