The Gillies Range is a mountain range in
Queensland
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, Australia. It is a chain of summits south of
Cairns that separate the
Far North Queensland coastal plain from the interior
Atherton Tableland. At the foot of the range is the town of
Gordonvale.
The
Gillies Highway
The Gillies Highway is a road that runs from Gordonvale in the Cairns Region through the Gillies Range (part of the Great Dividing Range) to Atherton in the Tablelands Region, both in Queensland, Australia. It is also known as the Gillies Ra ...
permits road access from the
Goldsborough Valley near
Gordonvale, to
Atherton on the
Atherton Tableland via the Gillies Range (famous for its 263 corners, and 800 m elevation change in only 19 km of road).
The Gillies Highway and range were named after
William N Gillies,
a former
Premier of Queensland
The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.
By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is ap ...
.
See also
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List of mountains in Australia
This is a list of mountains in Australia.
Highest points by state and territory
List of mountains in Australia by topographic prominence
This is a list of the top 50 mountains in Australia ranked by topographic prominence. Most of these ...
References
Further reading
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Mountain ranges of Queensland
Landforms of Far North Queensland
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