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Cairns

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Cairns city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. In 1994 the state decided to amalgamate the city with Mulgrave Shire and the tip of Douglas Shire to create one of three new "super cities." Author not available, CAIRNS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Cairns, Hugh, 1st Earl Cairns
Cairns, Hugh, 1st Earl Cairns (1819–85). The leading Conservative lawyer of the Disraeli...stock and educated at Belfast Academy and Trinity College, Dublin, Cairns became a successful barrister in London and was Conservative MP for... Read more

Cairns
Cairns, Queensland/Australia Founded in 1873 as a government customs collection point, it was named after Sir William Cairns (1828–88), governor of Queensland (1875–7). Read more

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	Crik: Cairns disappears after king hit ; 00-00-0000 Crik: Cairns disappears after king hit JOHANNESBURG...of New Zealand cricket team-mate Chris Cairns who was felled by a king hit outside...nightclub early yesterday. McCullum and Cairns were today sporting facial cuts and abrasions... Read more
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	Fed: Cairns dies, as Morosi tells of her love ; AAP General News (Australia) 10-12-2003 Fed: Cairns dies, as Morosi tells of her love By Greg Rule...Former treasurer and deputy prime minister Jim Cairns died early today, aged 89. Dr Cairns was a hero of the anti-war movement and an icon... Read more
	Cairns puts a spell on Kent batsmen ; LONDON -- Chris Cairns and Matthew Horne put New Zealand in a...s bowling ranks depleted, all-rounder Cairns took seven wickets in a magical second...one by stumps, with Horne on 57 not out. Cairns's return follows Dion Nash's seven for... Read more

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