Daradgee, Queensland

Daradgee is a town and a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2] As of the 2016 Australian Census, Daradgee had a population of 74 people.[3]

Daradgee
Queensland
Daradgee railway bridge under construction, 1924
Daradgee
Coordinates17.4875°S 146.0063°E / -17.4875; 146.0063
Postcode(s)4860
Area10.2 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
LGA(s)Cassowary Coast Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Localities around Daradgee:
Garradunga Garradunga Jubilee Heights
Vasa Views Daradgee Jubilee Heights
Fitzgerald Creek Goondi Sundown

Geography

The locality is bounded in the south-east by the Johnstone River. Victory Creek, a tributary of the Johnstone River, flows through the locality. The land is relatively flat and low-lying (approx 10 metres above sea level) and is used for cropping including sugarcane and bananas.[4]

The Bruce Highway runs through the south-west corner of the locality while the North Coast railway line runs from south to north through the locality. There is a cane tramway to deliver harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills.[4]

History
Opening of the Daradgee Bridge over the Johnstone River for the railway link between Townsville and Cairns, 1924

The town name is a corruption of the original township name Daraji (used from 1905 to 1918) based on an Aboriginal word meaning burial ground.[2][1]

The final section of the North Coast Railway line was the bridge at Daradgee across the Johnstone River. The bridge was opened on 8 December 1924, by the Queensland Premier, Ted Theodore, enabling rail travel from Cairns to Brisbane and from there to as far as Perth in Western Australia.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Daradgee - town in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 9334)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. "Daradgee - locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45692)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. "2016 Census QuickStats". Australian Government. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  5. "OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NORTH COAST LINE". Cairns Post. XXXV (5055). Queensland, Australia. 9 December 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "DARADGEE BRIDGE". Cairns Post. XXXV (5055). Queensland, Australia. 9 December 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "From Cairns to Perth". Sydney Mail. XXVI (665). New South Wales, Australia. 24 December 1924. p. 14. Retrieved 15 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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