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The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns.Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century.
The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau, which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It has very deep, rich basaltic soils and the main industry is agriculture. It has very deep, rich basaltic soils and the main industry is agriculture.
The county of Nares is a cadastral division of Queensland which contains the city of Cairns, Innisfail and most of the Atherton Tableland. [1] The county is divided into civil parishes. It was named after George Nares (1831–1915), a naval officer and commander of HMS Salamander . [ 2 ]
Malanda is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, 85 kilometres (53 mi) from Cairns and 732 metres (2,402 ft) above sea level. The town is located downstream of the Malanda Falls on the North Johnstone River. Farms and rainforest, Malanda, 2024
Its traditional language region is within the local government areas of Cairns Region and Tablelands Region, in such localities as Cairns, Gordonvale, the southern part of the Atherton Tableland including Atherton and Kairi. [13] Far North Queensland is the location of the first amber fossils to be found in Australia.
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. [1] Its official name is Gillies Range Road, and it was originally known as the Cairns Range Road.
Yidinji (also known as Yidinj, Yidiny, and Idindji) is an Australian Aboriginal language.Its traditional language region is within the local government areas of Cairns Region and Tablelands Region, in such localities as Cairns, Gordonvale, and the Mulgrave River, and the southern part of the Atherton Tableland including Atherton and Kairi.
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 permits road access from the Goldsborough Valley near Gordonvale , to Atherton on the Atherton Tableland via the Gillies Range (famous for ...