Street names & suburb history
Street names
Do you want to know more about the street in which you live? The origin and histories of Cairns' street names are listed below.
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Suburb history
To find out more about your suburb or a place of interest, simply click on the starting letter of the suburb name.
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H |
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Acknowledgements
A project such as this cannot be completed without the assistance of many people, and Council would like to specifically acknowledge the support of the Cairns Historical Society and Kay Earl.
Other sources of information included:
- A Pictorial History of the Mulgrave Shire 1880-1980, Published by G.K. Bolton, Cairns, 1980. Published for the Mulgrave Shire Council.
- Alley, Jan. Recollections and Recipes of Riverstone.
- Cairns Connect
- Cairns Museum
- Certain Friends in Uncertain Times, 1995. Published by the Machans Beach Progress Association.
- Jeremy Hodes. 1998. Far North Queensland Place and Street Names: Their origins and meanings.
- Email Kay Earl kayearl@cairnsweddings.com.au for information on Edmonton, Mt Peter Mine, Thomas Swallow, The Cane industry and Hambledon-Blackfellow Creek School.
- Moments in Time Collection, The Cairns Post, 2002.
- Murphy J. 1998. Cairns and District: Our Heritage in focus. State Library of Queensland Foundation.
- Walters, Aubrey John. 2005. Behind the Name - About the origin of some towns and places in the Cairns Region.