Cassowary is a rural

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in the

Shire of Douglas The Shire of Douglas is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, Queensland, Mos ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. In the , Cassowary had a population of 119 people.

Geography

The north-western part of the locality is low-lying coastal plains (10–20 metres about sea level) and is used for farming, predominantly

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of 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 stout, jointed, fib ...

. The eastern and southern parts of the locality form part of the Cassowary Range, rising to unnamed peaks of about 350 metres, and are within the Mowbray National Park. The Mossman - Mount Molloy Road which winds up and down the

Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills. It runs roughl ...

forms the north-western boundary of the locality. The

Captain Cook Highway The Captain Cook Highway is a short, regional highway in Queensland that originates in Cairns and terminates in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, continuing to Daintree. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 20A). The ...

forms a short northern boundary. A cane tramway carries harvested sugarcane to the sugar mill at Mossman.

History

The locality presumably takes its name from the large Australian flightless bird, the

cassowary Cassowaries (; Biak: ''man suar'' ; ; Papuan: ''kasu weri'' ) are flightless birds of the genus ''Casuarius'', in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites, flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bones. Cassowaries a ...

, which is found in the northern tropics of Queensland. Cassowary State School opened on 3 February 1913. It closed in 1967. It was located on

(), now just across the locality boundary in neighbouring Shannonvale.

Demographics

In the , Cassowary had a population of 119 people. In the , Cassowary had a population of 119 people.

Education

There are no schools in Cassowary. The nearest government primary schools are Mossman State School in Mossman to the north-west and Port Douglas State School in

Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately north of Cairns. In the , the locality of Port Douglas had a population of 3,650 people. The town's population can often double, however, ...

to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Mossman State High School in Mossman to the north-west.

References

{{authority control Towns in Queensland Shire of Douglas Localities in Queensland