Freshwater, Queensland
| Freshwater Queensland | |||||||||||||
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 Joseph Kipling's rice mill in Freshwater, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, circa 1890 | |||||||||||||
  Freshwater | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°53′S 145°43′E / 16.883°S 145.717°ECoordinates: 16°53′S 145°43′E / 16.883°S 145.717°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 1,976 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4870 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Cairns Regional Council | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Barron River | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||
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Freshwater is a suburb of Cairns, Queensland in Australia. The suburb once belonged to the Shire of Mulgrave but was amalgamated into the City of Cairns. At the 2006 census, Freshwater had a population of 1,976.[1]
History
The European history of Freshwater is a long and proud one, dating back to 1877. Chinese market gardeners moved into the area, after exhausting their chances on the Hodgkinson Goldfields, leased small plots from the landowners, successfully growing rice, bananas, pineapples and other tropical crops.
A rice mill was established on the Lower Freshwater Creek and was being successfully operated by local man, Joseph Kipling in 1891. Chinese farmers grew rice in the adjacent fields.[2][3]
Transport
The Kuranda Scenic Railway has a stop in the suburb.
Notable people
- Bunny Adair, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and publican at the Freshwater Hotel
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Freshwater (Cairns City) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ↑ Benfer, John; Benfer, Val (1995), A history of Freshwater, The author, retrieved 3 February 2014
- ↑ "Enterprise in Cairns.". Cairns Post (Qld. : 1884 - 1893) (Qld.: National Library of Australia). 18 May 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 3 February 2014.