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Ngatjan
Ngatjan is a locality split between the Cassowary Coast Region and the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ngatjan had no population. The term is derived from the ethnonym of the local Ngatjan people. Geography The split between the local government areas approximates the drainage divide with the northern part of the locality in the Cairns Region draining into the Russell River (Suez Creek being the principal watercourse within the northern part of the locality) and with the southern part of the locality in the Cassowary Coast Region draining into the North Johnstone River The Johnstone River, comprising the North Johnstone River and the South Johnstone River, is a river system located in Far North and North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river system rise in the Atherton Tablelands. The north ... (Waraker Creek being the principal watercourse within the southern part of the locality). The locality is mountainous terrain ranging from 20 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooroo Lands, Queensland
Cooroo Lands is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Cooroo Lands had a population of 3 people. References {{Cassowary Coast Region Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woopen Creek, Queensland
Woopen Creek is a rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Woopen Creek had a population of 141 people. Geography The Russell River forms the northern boundary of the locality while mountainous regions form its other boundaries. There are two flatter valleys formed by Woopen Creek in the southern part of locality and Vorris Creek in the northern part of the locality. Although the land is predominantly freehold, only the flatter valleys are developed for use for agriculture while the more mountainous areas remain undeveloped. The principal agricultural use is growing sugarcane and bananas. Although the Bruce Highway does not pass through the locality, Mount Mirinjo () in the Francis Range is in the southernmost part of locality, close to the boundary with Ngatjan. It is above sea level compared with approximately above sea level at the northernmost part of the locality. History By 1940, residents of Woopen Creek had agitated for some years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waugh Pocket, Queensland
Waugh Pocket is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Waugh Pocket had a population of 41 people. Geography Waugh Pocket is bounded to the north-east by the Bruce Highway. It consists of a mixture of lower-lying land (about 20 metres about sea level) which is used for agriculture (a mixture of cattle grazing and banana farming) and hilly undeveloped land (rising from 20 metres to up to 80 metres). All land in the locality is freehold. History Robert Waugh and Robert McArdle explored the area in the 1880s. Robert Waugh settled in the area and it is named Waugh Pocket after him. Waugh was a farmer who served as a councillor on the Cairns Divisional Board The Shire of Mulgrave was a local government area surrounding the City of Cairns in the Far North region of Queensland. The shire, administered from Cairns, covered an area of ; it existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1995, w .... References External links {{Cairns Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasa Views, Queensland
Vasa Views is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the , Vasa Views had a population of 132 people. References Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Daradgee, Queensland
Upper Daradgee is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Upper Daradgee had a population of 101 people. Geography Upper Daradgee is bounded by the Johnstone River to the north-east, east and south-east. The land rises from being almost at sea level at the river to up to in the north-west of the locality, which is within the foothills of the Francis Range. The land use depends largely on the elevation within the locality. In the lower areas closer to the river, the land is used for cropping, mostly sugarcane and bananas. In the higher areas the land is used for grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ... on native vegetation. History Daradgee Upper State School opened on 6 February 1931 and closed in 1968. It was at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngatjan People
The Ngajanji, also written ''Ngadyan,'' and Ngadjon-Jii are an Indigenous Australian people of the rainforest region south of Cairns, in northern Queensland. They form one of 8 groups, the others being Yidin, Mamu, Dyirbal, Girramay, Warrgamay, WaruĊu and Mbabaram, of the Dyirbal tribes. Ethnonym Ngajanji/Ngadyan was according to Robert M. W. Dixon, the name for the language spoken by a people whose proper tribal name was Ngadyandyi. Language The Ngajanji spoke ''Ngadyan'', a dialect of Dyirbal, and one showing the greatest differences with the others, particularly in phonology, where it displays vowel lengthening. A vowel followed by ''l'', ''r'' or ''y'' and a successive consonant would result in the lengthening of the vowel in question: thus ''gibar'' (large fig tree) in the other dialects became , and (meat) became . It also had a mother-in-law language (''Jalnay'') in which, when one's mother-in-law or her kin were around, one substituted standard words with a speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerada, Queensland
Nerada is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Nerada had a population of 97 people. History The locality takes its name from its former railway station. It is believed to be an Aboriginal word from the Mamoo language meaning ''grass country''. In May 1936 the Queensland Government decided to construct a school at Nerada. Nerada State School opened on 11 February 1937. It closed in 1945. It was located at approximately 334 Nerada Road (). About 1951 the school building was relocated to Woopen Creek State School. In 1958 Dr Allan Maruff started the first commercial tea plantings in Australia since 1886 in the Nerada valley, south of Cairns, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., using seedlings from the former C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairns Region
The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, centred on the regional city of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shires of Douglas and Mulgrave. However, following public protest and a referendum in 2013, on 1 January 2014, the Shire of Douglas was de-amalgamated from the Cairns Region and re-established as a separate local government authority. The Cairns Regional Council has an estimated operating budget of A$300 million. History First Nations '' Yidinji'' (also known as ''Yidinj'', ''Yidiny'', and ''Idindji'') is an Australian Aboriginal language and a traditional Indigenous country. Its traditional language region is within the local government areas of Cairns Region and Tablelands Region, in such localities as Cairns City (CBD), Gordonvale, and the Mulgrave River, and the southern part of the Atherton Tableland including Atherton and Kairi. '' Tjapukai'' (also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzgerald Creek, Queensland
Fitzgerald Creek is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the , Fitzgerald Creek had a population of 81 people. References Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland {{Australia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pin Gin Hill, Queensland
Pin Gin Hill is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the , Pin Gin Hill had a population of 175 people. References Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland {{Australia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coorumba, Queensland
Coorumba is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coorumba had a population of 121 people. Geography The Johnstone River forms the northern boundary of the locality and the South Johnstone River forms the southern boundary. The land is almost entirely freehold and used for agriculture, including cropping (particularly sugarcane) on the flatter land and grazing on the more sloping land. The Palmerston Highway passes through the locality from east to west and there is a Cane tramways, cane tramway to transport the harvested sugarcane to the South Johnstone sugar mill. Pioneer North Queensland Pty Ltd operate the Innisfail Hard Rock Quarry in the north of the locality, with a production capacity of 150 tonnes per hour. Fishers Falls is a waterfall on Berner Creek () in the north of the locality. Beehive Island is an island () in the South Johnstone River on the southern boundary with Mamu, Queensland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wooroonooran, Queensland
Wooroonooran is a locality split among the Cairns Region, the Cassowary Coast Region and the Tablelands Region in Queensland, Australia. In the , Wooroonooran had no population. Geography The locality is entirely within the Wooroonooran National Park (part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area), although the national park extends beyond the boundaries of the locality. As a consequence, the land is undeveloped apart from a very limited number of walking tracks and visitor amenities. The land is extremely mountainous containing numerous peaks, including Mount Bartle Frere (Queensland's highest peak), and numerous waterfalls, including the Josephine Falls and Fishery Falls (). The locality is very irregularly shaped and is approx 59 km from its northernmost point to its southernmost point and approx 38 km from its easternmost point to its westernmost point. Due to the vast size of this locality, it has numerous adjacent localities including (clockwise) Gordonvale (to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |