Gordonvale

Gordonvale
State :  Australia State : Queensland
Coordinates : 17 ° 6 ′  S , 145 ° 47 ′  E Coordinates: 17 ° 6 ′  S , 145 ° 47 ′  E Area : 14.5  km²
Residents : 5,974 (2016) Population density : 412 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Telephone code : (+61) 7 Postal code : 4865 LGA : Cairns region
Gordonvale

Gordonvale is a city in the north of the Australian state of Queensland , in the Far North Queensland region . In 2016 the population was 5974 people.

geography

The place is on the eastern edge of the Atherton Tablelands . Cairns is 20 kilometers to the north. Gordonvale is affected in the south by the Mulgrave River . The Bruce Highway as part of National Highway 1 and the Gillies Highway meet in the city center.

history

Walsh's pyramid

Aborigines were the indigenous people in the region. The first European settlers settled in the area in the 1880s. The place was named after John Gordon, a settler who started many farms. Bananas , corn and sugar cane were the main products grown. Gordonvale, due to its convenient location, developed into a supply center for muleteers who transported the agricultural products to the surrounding towns. The cultivation of sugar cane was increased in the following period and sugar cane factories were built that continue to operate. In 1935 were in Gordonvale 101 from Hawaii imported cane toads ( Rhinella marina ) (English: Cane toad ) exposed that should the insects, which damaged the cane destroy. The toads did this only to a small extent. Instead, they multiplied tremendously and became a plague in more and more areas of Australia. The attempt to reduce their number again has shown little success so far.

Today Gordonvale, in the center of which there are several well-preserved houses from the 19th and early 20th centuries, is also active in the tourism industry and the starting point for tours to the Walsh Pyramid and the national parks in the area: Gadgarra National Park and Wooroonooran National Park as part of the Wooroonooran Important Bird Area and the Wet Tropics of Queensland in the south and Danbulla National Park in the west. Every year in Gordonvale there is a run to the top of the 922 meter high Walsh Pyramid, which is enjoying increasing popularity.

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  Sugar cane factory

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  Historic post office

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  railway station

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  Norman Street

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  Norman Street

traffic

Gordonvale is on the Brisbane to Cairns railway line , on which the Spirit of Queensland train runs five times a week in both directions and also stops at Gordonvale.

sons and daughters of the town

• Adam Sarota , soccer player

Web links

Commons : Gordonvale, Queensland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• runningcalendar - Great Pyramid Race

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Gordonvale ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. ^ Queensland Places: Gordonvale . Retrieved September 22, 2016.
3. ↑ Hilke Maunder: Cane Toad: von der Biowaffe zur Landplage ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Walkabout Australia. Retrieved September 22, 2016. 
4. ↑ Cairns Attractions: Walsh's Pyramid . Retrieved September 22, 2016.
5. ^ Great Pyramid Race. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
6. ↑ https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Planyourtrip/timetable