Kanimbla is a
suburb
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of
Cairns
Cairns (; ) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the , Cairns had a population of 153,181 people.
The city was founded in 1876 and named after William Cairns, Sir W ...
in the
Cairns Region
The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, centred on the regional city of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shires of Douglas and Mulgrave. ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Kanimbla had a population of 2,827 people.
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Geography
Kanimbla is west of the city centre
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.
The suburb straddles the upper reaches of Moody's Creek and is bordered to the north by the Cairns Western Arterial Road
The Cairns Western Arterial Road is a numbered state route in the Cairns Region of Queensland, Australia. The road provides a primary access route across the Brinsmead Gap for suburbs west of the Whitfield Range, and is one of two major crossing ...
(state route 91). The main road that goes through Kanimbla is Ramsey Drive. Along the middle of the northern boundary is Whites Gap. In the south west elevations reach heights greater than 500 m towards the summit of Mooroobool Peak.
History
Kanimbla is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.
On 11 February 1989, the suburb was created from land previously in Manoora and Mooroobool. The new suburb was named for the MV Kanimbla, a coastal passenger ship which had serviced Cairns before being pressed into military service during World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
(Manoora and Mooroobool also being the names of other coastal passenger ships).
.Cairns Regional Council
The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, centred on the regional city of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shires of Douglas and Mulgrave. ...
announced in 2013 that land had been purchased in Kanimbla to build a detention basin
A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a limited period of time. ...
to alleviate seasonal flooding in suburbs downstream.
Demographics
In the , Kanimbla had a population of 2,670 people.
Education
There are no schools in Kanimbla. The nearest government primary schools are Whitfield State School in neighbouring Whitfield to the north and Cairns West State School in Manunda
TSMV ''Manunda'' was an ''Australian'' registered and crewed passenger ship which was converted to a hospital ship in 1940. During the war ''Manunda'' saw service in both the Middle East and Pacific Campaigns, specifically New Guinea. She resum ...
to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Trinity Bay State High School
Trinity Bay State High School is a co-educational high school in Manunda, Queensland, Australia. In 2022, it had an enrolment of 1930 students across year levels 7 to 12. The school draws from the surrounding “three M” suburbs of Cairns ( Ma ...
in Manunda. There are also a number of non-government schools in nearby suburbs of Cairns.
Attractions
Campbells Lookout is on Lake Morris Road ().lovers' lane
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.
References
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Suburbs of Cairns
1989 establishments in Australia
Populated places established in 1989