Mirriwinni

Mirriwinni
State :  Australia State : Queensland
Coordinates : 17 ° 24 ′  S , 145 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 17 ° 24 ′  S , 145 ° 55 ′  E Area : 0.3  km²
Residents : 206 (2016) Population density : 687 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4871 LGA : Cairns region
Mirriwinni

Mirriwinni (formerly Miriwinni ) is a small town in the Australian state of Queensland with 206 inhabitants (as of 2016).

The place is south of Cairns and north of Innisfail , at the foot of the 1,622 meter high Mount Bartle Frere , the highest mountain in Queensland. It is believed that the place name is derived from the Aboriginal word merriwinno, which means mountain rock. After the Second World War , the place was only written with an "r" for unknown reasons and renamed again in 2010.

The triathlete Brad Beven was born in Mirriwinni in 1969 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Mirriwinni (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.