County of Nares

Nares
Queensland
Nares; Queensland
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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] Cairns is mentioned as being in the county of Nares in the 1911 Britannica.^[3] It is bounded by the Daintree River in the north.^[4]

Parishes[edit]

Nares is subdivided into parishes, listed as follows:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates	Towns
Barron	Tablelands	17°15′S 145°29′E / 17.250°S 145.483°E / -17.250; 145.483 (Barron Parish)	Atherton, Tolga
Bartle Frere	Tablelands	17°25′S 145°45′E / 17.417°S 145.750°E / -17.417; 145.750 (Bartle Frere Parish)
Bellenden Ker	Cairns	17°20′S 145°53′E / 17.333°S 145.883°E / -17.333; 145.883 (Bellenden Ker Parish)	Babinda, Bellenden Ker, Miriwinni
Cairns	Cairns	16°53′S 145°40′E / 16.883°S 145.667°E / -16.883; 145.667 (Cairns Parish)	Cairns, Kuranda
Danbulla	Tablelands	17°07′S 145°36′E / 17.117°S 145.600°E / -17.117; 145.600 (Danbulla Parish)
Dinden	Mareeba	17°00′S 145°34′E / 17.000°S 145.567°E / -17.000; 145.567 (Dinden Parish)
Dirran	Tablelands	17°30′S 145°37′E / 17.500°S 145.617°E / -17.500; 145.617 (Dirran Parish)	Tarzali, Millaa Millaa
Dulanban	Cairns	16°40′S 145°33′E / 16.667°S 145.550°E / -16.667; 145.550 (Dulanban Parish)
East Barron	Tablelands	17°19′S 145°33′E / 17.317°S 145.550°E / -17.317; 145.550 (East Barron Parish)	Yungaburra
Formartine	Mareeba	16°52′S 145°29′E / 16.867°S 145.483°E / -16.867; 145.483 (Formartine Parish)
Gadgarra	Tablelands	17°15′S 145°44′E / 17.250°S 145.733°E / -17.250; 145.733 (Gadgarra Parish)
Glady	Cassowary Coast	17°28′S 145°56′E / 17.467°S 145.933°E / -17.467; 145.933 (Glady Parish)	Flying Fish Point
Grafton	Cairns	17°05′S 145°44′E / 17.083°S 145.733°E / -17.083; 145.733 (Grafton Parish)	Edmonton, Gordonvale
Hull	Cassowary Coast	17°47′S 146°00′E / 17.783°S 146.000°E / -17.783; 146.000 (Hull Parish)	Silkwood, South Mission Beach, El Arish
Japoon	Cassowary Coast	17°44′S 145°55′E / 17.733°S 145.917°E / -17.733; 145.917 (Japoon Parish)	Japoon
Johnstone	Cassowary Coast	17°36′S 145°55′E / 17.600°S 145.917°E / -17.600; 145.917 (Johnstone Parish)	Innisfail, South Johnstone
Jordan	Cassowary Coast	17°39′S 145°45′E / 17.650°S 145.750°E / -17.650; 145.750 (Jordan Parish)
Malanda	Tablelands	17°22′S 145°37′E / 17.367°S 145.617°E / -17.367; 145.617 (Malanda Parish)	Malanda
Monamona	Mareeba	16°46′S 145°30′E / 16.767°S 145.500°E / -16.767; 145.500 (Monamona Parish)
Mourilyan	Cassowary Coast	17°37′S 146°03′E / 17.617°S 146.050°E / -17.617; 146.050 (Mourilyan Parish)	Mourilyan, parts of Innisfail
Palmerston	Cassowary Coast	17°34′S 145°45′E / 17.567°S 145.750°E / -17.567; 145.750 (Palmerston Parish)
Russell	Cairns	17°19′S 145°59′E / 17.317°S 145.983°E / -17.317; 145.983 (Russell Parish)	Bramston Beach
Smithfield	Tablelands	16°46′S 145°38′E / 16.767°S 145.633°E / -16.767; 145.633 (Smithfield Parish)	Northern Beaches
Sophia	Cairns	17°07′S 145°52′E / 17.117°S 145.867°E / -17.117; 145.867 (Sophia Parish)	Aloomba
Tinaroo	Mareeba	17°04′S 145°25′E / 17.067°S 145.417°E / -17.067; 145.417 (Tinaroo Parish)	Mareeba, Walkamin
Trinity	Cairns	16°58′S 145°49′E / 16.967°S 145.817°E / -16.967; 145.817 (Trinity Parish)	Yarrabah

References[edit]

^ Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900.
^ "Nares – county (entry 23870)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cairns" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 953.
^ Cook District, County of Nares Maps - P9 Series Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine at Queensland Archives.

External links[edit]

[1] "Map of the County of Nares (sheet 1)". Queensland Government. 1919.
[2] "Map of the County of Nares (sheet 2)". Queensland Government. 1919.

16°55′S 145°47′E / 16.917°S 145.783°E / -16.917; 145.783

[1] Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900.

[2] "Nares – county (entry 23870)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[3] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cairns" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 953.

[4] Cook District, County of Nares Maps - P9 Series Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine at Queensland Archives.

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