Cairns North, Queensland


Cairns North is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Cairns North had a population of 5,191 people.

Geography

Cairns North is bounded by the Cairns Airport to the north, the Coral Sea to the east and Lily Creek to the west. As the name suggests, it is immediately north of the Cairns central business district. Highway 1 passes through the suburb on Sheridan Street.
The suburb is flat land just above sea level. Parkland and an esplanade separate the developed areas of the suburb from the sea. At high tide there is a small sandy beach but low tide reveals an extensive mudflat.
The suburb has a mix of uses having both permanent and holiday residential, commercial buildings and community facilities, including a number of schools, Cairns Hospital, the Tobruk Memorial swimming pool and the now closed cemetery in McLeod Street.

History

Edge Hill State School opened in Cairns North on 19 February 1917. It was renamed Cairns North State School in 1939. Cairns North State School closed on 31 December 2004.
Cairns State High School opened on 28 January 1924, having commenced operation as an annex to Cairns Central State School in 1917.
Mother of Good Counsel School opened on 29 March 1936 with 19 students, after Father Phelan saw the need for Catholic education in the area. The school was operated by the Sisters of Mercy.
Although Cairns North has a beach, in 1962 concerns about marine stingers in the seawater resulted in the establishment of the Tobruk Memorial swimming pool.

Population

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 5,191 people in Cairns North.
Cairns North has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
The Cairns Indigenous Art Centre is at 355 Sheridan Street. It is operated by Umi Arts, an Indigenous organisation established in 2005, to preserve and protect the culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The Cairns branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 264 Grafton Street, Cairns North.