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Redlynch is a semi-rural town and
The first stage of the 
Redlynch State School opened on 15 February 1932 on Intake Road with an initial enrolment of 80 students. Circa 1994, the school moved to a new site further along Intake Road on a former sugarcane farm, opening with 180 students. In 2007, a secondary school was added to create Redlynch State College.
St Andrew's Catholic College opened in 2001, initially offering Pre-School to Year 4. It had an initial 89 students under founding principal Mrs Lauretta Graham. All Saint's Chapel was opened in 2009.
The Redlynch Central Shopping Centre opened in 2005 and expanded in 2014.
In the , the suburb of Redlynch had a population of 9,728 people.
In 2019, a deadly fungus,
Redlynch Shopping Village is opposite the hotel and diagonally opposite the railway station on the corner of Redlynch Intake Road and Margaret Street. Redlynch Central Shopping Centre is located in Larsen Road off Redlynch Connection Road.
All Saints' Catholic Chapel is at St Andrew's College at Intake Road. It is within the Northern Beaches Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
of 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 ...
in the Cairns Region, Queensland
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, Australia. In the , the suburb of Redlynch had a population of 9,728 people.
Geography
Redlynch lies along the valley created byFreshwater Creek
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
with the Redlynch Intake Road being the major artery running from north to south roughly parallel and west of the creek.
Redlynch has the following mountains in the Whitfield Range Whitfield may refer to:
Places Australia
* Whitfield, Queensland, a suburb of Cairns
* Whitfield, Victoria, an agricultural township
England
* Whitfield, Derbyshire, a hamlet and former parish
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* Boiboi Peak (),
* Mooroobool Peak (),
Most of the land east of Redlynch Intake Road down to Freshwater Creek is used to grow 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 residential development occurs to the west of Redlynch Intake Road, while far eastern and far western parts of the suburb are undeveloped bushland on steep slopes rising to 500–600 metres which form part of the Barron Gorge National Park
Barron Gorge National Park is a protected area in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It is predominantly within the locality of Barron Gorge.
Geography
The park is 1,404 km northwest of Brisbane and from Kuranda. Barron Gorge ...
. The Kuranda Scenic Railway
The Kuranda Scenic Railway is a tourist railway service that operates along the heritage-listed Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line. Constructed in 1891, the line runs from Cairns, Queensland, over the Great Dividing Range to the town of Kuranda o ...
winds its way up the north-eastern slopes of Redlynch with two stations in the suburb:
* Redlynch railway station
The Cairns-to-Kuranda Railway is a heritage-listed railway line from the Cairns Region to the Shire of Mareeba, both in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Redlynch, a suburb of Cairns and travels up the Great Dividing Range to Kuranda ...
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* Jungara railway station, now abandoned ()
Jump Up is a neighbourhood in the suburb ().
History
Redlynch is situated in the Yidinji traditionalAboriginal
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*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
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country.
The first stage of the Cairns-to-Herberton railway line
The Tablelands railway line is a railway line in North Queensland, Australia. It was opened in a series of sections between 1887 and 1916. It commences at Cairns and at its maximum extent, reached Ravenshoe at the southern end of the A ...
was from Cairns to a location that was known to the project as the Eight Mile Camp. This first stage opened in November 1887 at which time the railway station at the Eight Mile Camp was named Redlynch railway station
The Cairns-to-Kuranda Railway is a heritage-listed railway line from the Cairns Region to the Shire of Mareeba, both in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Redlynch, a suburb of Cairns and travels up the Great Dividing Range to Kuranda ...
. According to the Queensland Railway Department
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...
, the name ''Redlynch'' refers to Redlynch, Wiltshire
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in England, but other government information suggests it was named after Redlynch, Somerset
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In anticipation of the railway's opening, Thomas Dillon constructed the Terminus Hotel built near the Redlynch railway station. The hotel was sold to Joseph Best in December 1888, and passed to Thomas Lavercombe in July 1889. Subsequent licensees included Samuel Thomas Walker and William Arthur. In March 1891, Arthur was bankrupted and the hotel was sold to Mangus Petersen. It was destroyed by fire in the 1920s.
The Redlynch Hotel was constructed in 1926 opposite the railway station; it is now known as the Red Beret Hotel.
Redlynch State School opened on 15 February 1932 on Intake Road with an initial enrolment of 80 students. Circa 1994, the school moved to a new site further along Intake Road on a former sugarcane farm, opening with 180 students. In 2007, a secondary school was added to create Redlynch State College.
St Andrew's Catholic College opened in 2001, initially offering Pre-School to Year 4. It had an initial 89 students under founding principal Mrs Lauretta Graham. All Saint's Chapel was opened in 2009.
The Redlynch Central Shopping Centre opened in 2005 and expanded in 2014.
In the , the suburb of Redlynch had a population of 9,728 people.
In 2019, a deadly fungus, poison fire coral
, also known as the poison fire coral, is a species of fungus in the family Hypocreaceae. The fruit bodies of the fungus are highly toxic, and have been responsible for several fatalities in Japan. The fungus contains several trichothecene mycot ...
, was found in a pocket of rainforest in the suburb.
Heritage listings
Redlynch has the following heritage listings: * 399 Kamerunga Road (): Xavier and Sadie Herbert's Cottage * Redlynch to Kuranda ():Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line
The Cairns-to-Kuranda Railway is a heritage-listed railway line from the Cairns Region to the Shire of Mareeba, both in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Redlynch, a suburb of Cairns and travels up the Great Dividing Range to Kuranda wi ...
Education
Redlynch State College is a government primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at Jungara Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,827 students with 152 teachers (141 full-time equivalent) and 73 non-teaching staff (57 full-time equivalent). It includes aspecial education
Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...
program.
St Andrew's Catholic College Redlynch Valley is a Catholic primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 185-205 Intake Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,682 students with 132 teachers (125 full-time equivalent) and 89 non-teaching staff (54 full-time equivalent).
Amenities
Redlynch Shopping Village is opposite the hotel and diagonally opposite the railway station on the corner of Redlynch Intake Road and Margaret Street. Redlynch Central Shopping Centre is located in Larsen Road off Redlynch Connection Road.
All Saints' Catholic Chapel is at St Andrew's College at Intake Road. It is within the Northern Beaches Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.
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