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The Cairns City Council Chambers was constructed in 1929–1930 and is a substantial reinforced concrete structure located on a large corner site surrounded by parkland. . The building was erected during the third major phase of Cairns' development, between the First and Second World Wars, at which time the city's status as the principal port of Far North Queensland was consolidated and the ...
Council control (term) 1 Val Schier Independent: 3 April 2008: 28 April 2012: First female mayor of Cairns. Lost re-election Independents majority (2008–2012) 2 Bob Manning: Unity: 28 April 2012: 17 November 2023 Retired Unity majority (2012–2024) 3 Terry James Unity: 22 November 2023 16 March 2024: Division 4 councillor 2012–2023. Lost ...
The City of Cairns was a local government area centred on the Far North Queensland city of Cairns.Established in 1885, for most of its existence it consisted of approximately 51.5 square kilometres (19.9 sq mi) around Cairns itself, with much of the metropolitan area being located in the Shire of Mulgrave.
The 2024 Cairns Regional Council election was held on 16 March 2024 to elect a mayor and nine councillors to the Cairns Region. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia. [1] The Cairns Unity Team, which had held a majority on council since 2012, was defeated.
In 1984 he returned to Cairns and became Secretary and then CEO of the Cairns Port Authority (including the Cairns Airport) for eighteen years from 1984 to 2002. [4] After resigning his role at the port [ 5 ] as a stand against "bullying tactics" by the Queensland Government , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Manning began consulting work in Jordan [ 9 ] and ...
Yidinji (also known as Yidinj, Yidiny, and Idindji) is an Australian Aboriginal language and a traditional Indigenous country. Its traditional language region is within the local government areas of Cairns Region and Tablelands Region, in such localities as Cairns City (CBD), Gordonvale, and the Mulgrave River, and the southern part of the Atherton Tableland including Atherton and Kairi.
Cairns City is a coastal suburb at the centre of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is also known as the Cairns Central Business District (CBD). In the 2021 census , Cairns City had a population of 3,616 people.
He was first elected to Mulgrave Shire Council in 1961 and served as deputy-chairman of Mulgrave Shire in 1976, chairman in 1979, 1982, 1983, 1988 and 1991 and elected Mayor of Cairns City Council in 1995. He died in October 2011. [24] [25] Rob Pyne lives in the Cairns suburb of Mount Sheridan.