Cairns

Cairns

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."

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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).

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