Daradgee is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Daradgee had a population of 74 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded in the south-east by the

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 ...

. Victory Creek flows through the locality; it is a tributary of the Johnstone River at . Alligator Point is a point immediately across the river from the mouth of Victory Creek where the river has a sharp bend (). The land is relatively flat and low-lying (approx 10 metres above sea level) and is used for cropping including

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

and

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s. The

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Na ...

runs through the south-west corner of the locality while the North Coast railway line runs from south to north through the locality. There is a cane tramway to deliver harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.

History

The town name is a corruption of the original township name ''Daraji'' (used from 1905 to 1918) based on an Aboriginal word meaning ''burial ground''. Daradgee Provisional School opened on 10 July 1911. In 1915 it became Daradgee State School. It closed on 14 December 1984. The final section of the North Coast railway line was the bridge at Daradgee across the Johnstone River. The bridge was opened on 8 December 1924, by the

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, enabling rail travel from

Cairns Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...

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and from there to as far as

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. The bridge is listed on the Cassowary Coast Local Heritage Register. In the , Daradgee had a population of 74 people.

Education

Daradgee Environmental Education Centre is a special purpose facility at McAvoy Street (). It operates on the site of the former Daradgee State School using some of its buildings. There are no regular schools in Daradgee. The nearest primary schools are Goondi State School in Goondi Bend to the south and Innisfail State School in Innisfail to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is

Innisfail State College Innisfail State College is a government secondary school and technical college in Innisfail Estate, a suburb of Innisfail, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is a combined secondary school and TAFE facility which opened in 2010 ...

in Innisfail Estate to the south-east. Catholic primary and secondary schools are in Innisfail.

References

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* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland Cassowary Coast Local Heritage Places