County of Nares

Nares Queensland

Location within Queensland

Lands administrative divisions around Nares Chelmsford Solander Pacific Ocean Dagmar Nares Pacific Ocean Hodgkinson Cardwell Pacific Ocean

The county of Nares is a cadastral division of Queensland which contains the city of Cairns. It was named after George Nares (1831–1915), a naval officer and commander of the HMS Salamander. Cairns is mentioned as being in the county of Nares in the 1911 Britannica. It is bounded by the Daintree River in the north.

Parishes

Nares is subdivided into parishes, listed as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Barron	Tablelands	17°15′S 145°29′E
Bartle Frere	Tablelands	17°25′S 145°45′E
Bellenden Ker	Cairns	17°20′S 145°53′E
Cairns	Cairns	16°53′S 145°40′E
Danbulla	Tablelands	17°07′S 145°36′E
Dinden	Tablelands	17°00′S 145°34′E
Dirran	Tablelands	17°30′S 145°37′E
Dulanban	Cairns	16°40′S 145°33′E
East Barron	Tablelands	17°19′S 145°33′E
Formartine	Tablelands	16°52′S 145°29′E
Gadgarra	Tablelands	17°15′S 145°44′E
Glady	Cassowary Coast	17°28′S 145°56′E
Grafton	Cairns	17°05′S 145°44′E
Hull	Cassowary Coast	17°47′S 146°00′E
Japoon	Cassowary Coast	17°44′S 145°55′E
Johnstone	Cassowary Coast	17°36′S 145°55′E
Malanda	Tablelands	17°22′S 145°37′E
Monamona	Tablelands	16°46′S 145°30′E
Mourilyan	Cassowary Coast	17°37′S 146°03′E
Palmerston	Cassowary Coast	17°34′S 145°45′E
Russell	Cairns	17°19′S 145°59′E
Smithfield	Tablelands	16°46′S 145°38′E
Sophia	Cairns	17°07′S 145°52′E
Tinaroo	Tablelands	17°04′S 145°25′E
Trinity	Cairns	16°58′S 145°49′E