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Encyclopedia Britannica



CAIRNS

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 953 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BUN-CAL
CAIRNS , a seaport of Nares county, Queensland, Australia, 890 In. direct N.N.W. of
Brisbane
 . Pop. (Igor) 3557. The town lies parallel with the sea, on the western shore of Trinity Bay, with an excellent harbour, and a
long
 
beach
 , finely timbered. Cairns is the natural outlet for the gold-
fields
 , tin-mines and silver-
fields
  of the
district
  and for the
rich
  copper
district
  of Chillagoe. A government railway, 48 m.
long
 , runs to Mareeba, whence a private
company
 's line continues to Mungana, roo m. W. There is also a line belonging to a private
company
  connecting Chillagoe with Mareeba. In the vicinity of Cairns are extensive
sugar
  plantations, with
sugar
  mills and refineries;, the culture of coffee and tobacco has rapidly extended; bananas, pine-apples and other fruits are exported in considerable quantities and there is a large industry in
cedar
 . The Barron. Falls, among the finest in Australia, are near Kuranda, 19 M. from Cairns. Cairns. became a municipality in 1885.


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