Shire of DouglasThe Shire of Douglas is a local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, covers an area of 2,428 square kilometres (937.5 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1880 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the City of Cairns to become the Cairns Region. Following a poll in 2013, the Shire of Douglas was re-established on 1 January 2014.
CairnsCairns ( ; Yidiny: Gimuy) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical northeast coast of Far North Queensland. In the 2021 census, Cairns had a population of 169,312. The city was founded in 1876 and named after Sir William Wellington Cairns, following the discovery of gold in the Hodgkinson River. During World War II, the city became a staging ground for the Allied Forces in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
John Douglas (Queensland politician)John DouglasCMG (6 March 1828 – 23 July 1904) was an Anglo-Australian politician and Premier of Queensland. Early lifeDouglas was born in London, the seventh son of Henry Alexander Douglas and his wife Elizabeth Dalzell, daughter of the Earl of Carnwath. His father, the third son of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead, was a brother of the sixth and seventhMarquesses of Queensberry.
Smithfield, QueenslandSuburb of Cairns, Queensland, AustraliaSuburb in Queensland, AustraliaSmithfieldSuburbLooking west along Stanton Road, 2018SmithfieldInteractive map of SmithfieldCoordinates: 16°49′30″S 145°41′24″E / 16.825°S 145.69°E / -16.825; 145.69 (Smithfield (centre of suburb))CountryAustraliaStateQueenslandCityCairnsLGACairns RegionLocation 15.1 km (9.4 mi) NNW of Cairns CBD 359 km (223 mi) N of Townsville 1,694 km (1,053 mi) NNW of Brisbane Established1876Government • State elect…Hodgkinson Minerals AreaThe Hodgkinson Mineral Area was a mining area near the Hodgkinson River about 80 km (50 mi) west of Cairns, in the present-day Shire of Mareeba in Queensland, Australia.2021 Australian censusThe 2021 Australian census was the eighteenth national Census of Population and Housing in Australia. The 2021 Census took place on 10 August 2021, and was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). It had a response rate of 96.1%, up from the 95.1% at the 2016 census. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as 25,422,788, an increase of 8.6 per cent or 2,020,896 people over the previous 2016 census.
Daintree Rainforest16°12′S145°24′E / 16.2°S 145.4°E / -16.2; 145.4The Daintree Rainforest, also known as the Daintree, is a region on the northeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about 105 km (65 mi), by road, north of the city of Cairns.
Great Barrier ReefThe Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 mi). The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is separated from the coast by a channel 160 kilometres (100 mi) wide in places and over 61 metres (200 ft) deep.
Christie PalmerstonCristofero Palmerston Carandini or Christopher "Christie" Palmerston (c. 1850 – 15 January 1897) was an Australian explorer and prospector in North Queensland. He led several expeditions during the last quarter of the 19th century including the discovery of a route along the Mowbray River, which eventually led to the founding of Port Douglas. Early lifeIt has been claimed that Palmerston was the natural son of Lord Palmerston.
Cooktown, QueenslandCooktown is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the Endeavour, for repairs in 1770. Both the town and Mount Cook (431 metres or 1,415 feet) which rises up behind the town were named after James Cook.
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