County of Nares

The county of Nares is a cadastral division of Queensland which contains the city of Cairns, Innisfail and most of the Atherton Tableland. Queensland showing counties / compiled and published at the Survey Department, Brisbane, Brisbane : Survey Dept., 1900. The county is divided into civil parishes. It was named after George Nares (1831–1915), a naval officer and commander of . Cairns is mentioned as being in the county of Nares in the 1911 Britannica. It is bounded by the Daintree River in the north.Cook District, County of Nares Maps - P9 Series at Queensland Archives.

Parishes Nares is subdivided into parishes, listed as follows:

Parish LGA Coordinates Towns Barron Tablelands Atherton, Tolga Bartle Frere Tablelands Bellenden Ker Cairns Babinda, Bellenden Ker, Miriwinni Cairns Cairns Cairns, KurandaDanbulla Tablelands Dinden Mareeba Dirran Tablelands Tarzali, Millaa MillaaDulanban Cairns East Barron Tablelands YungaburraFormartine Mareeba Gadgarra Tablelands Glady Cassowary Coast Flying Fish PointGrafton Cairns Edmonton, GordonvaleHull Cassowary Coast Silkwood, South Mission Beach, El ArishJapoon Cassowary Coast JapoonJohnstone Cassowary Coast Innisfail, South JohnstoneJordan Cassowary Coast Malanda Tablelands MalandaMonamona Mareeba Mourilyan Cassowary Coast Mourilyan, parts of InnisfailPalmerston Cassowary Coast Russell Cairns Bramston BeachSmithfield Tablelands Northern BeachesSophia Cairns AloombaTinaroo Mareeba Mareeba, WalkaminTrinity Cairns Yarrabah

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