South Innisfail is a rural

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in the

Cassowary Coast Region The Cassowary Coast Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and centred on the towns of Innisfail, Queensland, Innisfail, ...

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 , South Innisfail had a population of 508 people.

Geography

The

South Johnstone River The Johnstone River, comprising the North Johnstone River and the South Johnstone River, is a river system in Far North Queensland, Far North and North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river system rise in the Atherton Tableland ...

forms the western boundary of the locality, while Ninds Creek forms the eastern boundary. Both are tributaries of the

Johnstone River The Johnstone River, comprising the North Johnstone River and the South Johnstone River, is a river system in Far North and North Queensland, Australia. The headwaters of the river system rise in the Atherton Tablelands. The north branch o ...

. The

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Natio ...

enters the locality from the south ( Comoon Loop) and exits to the west ( Mighell), crossing the South Johnstone River via the Centenary Bridge. The land use in the north-west of the locality (beside the river and north of the highway) is suburban housing. The south-west of the locality is predominantly used to grow

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 east of the locality is used for

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation, apart from some areas of low-lying marshland.

History

Radiant Life College opened in 1983 with 30 students. It was established by the local Indigenous church, Tabernacle of Yeshua Ministries, and was originally proposed by Anna Edwards, the great-grandmother of the 2023 school principal, Nathanael Edwards.

Demographics

In the , South Innisfail had a population of 506 people. In the , South Innisfail had a population of 508 people.

Education

Radiant Life College is a private non-denominational Christian primary and secondary school (Prep-10) school for boys and girls at 1-5 Riley Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 79 students with 5 teachers and 11 non-teaching staff. There are no government schools in South Innisfail. The nearest government primary school is Innisfail East State School in neighbouring East Innisfail to the north. The nearest government secondary school is

Innisfail State College Innisfail State College is a government secondary school and technical college in Innisfail Estate, a suburb of Innisfail, Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is a combined secondary school and TAFE facility which opened in 2010 ...

Innisfail Estate Innisfail Estate is a semi-rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Innisfail Estate had a population of 1,454 people. Geography Innisfail Estate is bounded by the Johnst ...

to the north.

References

{{Cassowary Coast Region Cassowary Coast Region Localities in Queensland