Caravonica is a
suburb of
Cairns in the
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. H ...
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Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Caravonica had a population of 1,989 people.
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Caranovica is approximately from the Cairns city centre.
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Geography
Caravonica lies in the foothills of the Queensland tropical rain forests
The Queensland tropical rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: AA0117) covers a portion of the coast of Queensland in northeastern Australia and belongs to the Australasian realm. The forest contains the world's best living record of the major stages ...
. The actual village itself is in length from its most northern point to its most southern point. The boundary of the suburb can be found as far north as the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park and the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a scenic tourist cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park, in the Wet Tropics of Queensland’s World Heritage Area in Australia. It operates from the Smithfield terminal () in Cairns to the ...
's southern terminal is known as the Caravonica Terminal. The southern border is bounded by Kamerunga, aligning with the Barron River riparian zone
A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the terrestrial biomes of the Earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks a ...
along the Kamerunga section of the northern bank of the river.
Lake Placid is a neighbourhood within the locality. Formerly known as Barron Waters,
Maps
Caravonica - Map.png, Map of Caravonica
Caravonica - Cairns - Map.png, Map of Caravonica in the Region of Cairns
History
Caravonica is situated in the Djabugay (Tjapukai) traditional Aboriginal country. The Yirrganydji people are custodians within the Djabugay traditional country
The origin of the suburb name is from the town of Caravonica in Italy, named in the 1880s after the hometown of David Thomatis.
Caravonica was originally part of the Shire of Mulgrave and then the City of Cairns local government areas.
Kamerunga State School opened on 28 May 1913. It was wrecked in a cyclone in February 1927. On 6 April 1927 it reopened at a new location as Caravonica State School.
Community groups
The Smithfield branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association
The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) is the Queensland chapter of the Country Women's Association in Australia. The association seeks to serve the interests of women and children in rural areas in Australia through a network of loca ...
meets at the CWA Hall on Kamerunga Road, Caravonica. It is between the Caravonica State School and the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum.
Images
Looking north along Aroona Street, Caravonica, 2018.jpg, Aarona Street – a typical street
Looking north-west over Caravonica from Kawana Street, 2018.jpg, View cross suburbia from Kwana Street
Looking south-east down Kawana Street, Caravonica, 2018.jpg, Kwana Street
Looking west from Aroona Street, Caravonica, towards Red Bluff in the distance, 2018.jpg, Suburban landscape with ''Red Peak''
References
External links
Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park
{{Cairns Region
Suburbs of Cairns