Fishery Falls is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Fishery Falls had a population of 141 people.

Geography

The Mulgrave River forms the eastern boundary of the locality; it flows into the

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fre ...

in the neighbouring locality of

Deeral Deeral is a town and coastal locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Deeral had a population of 141 people. Geography Deeral has an unusual "J"-shape boundaries. The eastern part is a long section of beach facing the C ...

. The land in the locality is flat (about 10 metres above sea level) and is predominantly freehold farming land with

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 ...

the principal crop. Fishery Falls township along the Bruce Highway, 2018

The Bruce Highway passes through the locality from south to north-west with the North Coast railway line running immediately parallel and east of the highway, but there is no railway station within Fishery Falls. There is also a cane tramway network within the area to deliver the sugarcane to the

Mulgrave Sugar Mill The Mulgrave Sugar Mill is a sugar mill in Gordonvale, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It commenced operations in 1896. It is operated by MSF Sugar, a subsidiary of the Mitr Phol Group. It is also known as Mulgrave Central Mill. History ...

Gordonvale Gordonvale is a rural sugar-growing town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality situated on the southern side of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Gordonvale had a populati ...

. Although there is no official town, there is a hotel, a large caravan park, and a number of streets of houses clustered just west of the Bruce Highway at , although the school is located 2 km south of this township.

History

The locality is presumed to be named after the waterfall of the same name which is located in neighboroughing

Wooroonooran 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 N ...

approximately 1 km west of the locality of Fishery Falls. McDonald's Creek State School opened on 22 September 1913. In 1916 the spelling was changed to McDonnell's Creek State School. It is now simply known as McDonnell Creek State School.

Education

McDonnell Creek State School is a government co-educational primary (P-6) school at 69273 Bruce Highway. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 25 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). The school opened its doors 22 September 1913. As the name suggests, it is located very near to McDonnell Creek approximately 2 km south of the township.

Attractions

The South Sea Islander Memorial at the corner of the Bruce Highway and McMahon Drive commemorates over 60,000 Kanakas who were contracted to work in the sugarcane plantations from 1863 to 1906. Although some came voluntarily, others were misinformed about their contracts, while some were kidnapped (a practice known as blackbirding).

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