Sundown is a rural
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Cassowary Coast Region
The Cassowary Coast Region is a local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Cardwell and Tully. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire ...
,
Queensland
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, 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 , Sundown had a population of 178 people.
History
In the 1880s, boats were used transfer goods from
Flying Fish Point on the coast along 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 ...
to
Innisfail and beyond.
Melanesian
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* Melanesians
* Melanesian mythology
* Melanesian languages In linguistics, Melanesian is an obsolete term referring to the Austronesian languages of Melanesia: that is, the Oceani ...
men worked on these boats and Sundown is the area where they were at the end of their working day, which gave the locality its name.
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Education
There are no schools in Sundown. The nearest primary schools are in Goondi
Goondi is a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
Goondi is riverside land wrapped around the southern side of an elbow-shaped bend in the Johnstone River. It is very flat land, being 0 to 10 metres above sea ...
, Innisfail and Innisfail Estate. The nearest secondary school is in Innisfail Estate.
References
{{Cassowary Coast Region
Cassowary Coast Region
Localities in Queensland