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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 953 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAIRNS , a seaport of See also:

Nares See also:county, See also:Queensland, See also:Australia, 890 In. See also:direct N.N.W. of See also:Brisbane. Pop. (Igor) 3557. The See also:town lies parallel with the See also:sea, on the western See also:shore of Trinity See also:Bay, with an excellent See also:harbour, and a See also:long See also:beach, finely timbered. Cairns is the natural outlet for the See also:gold-See also:fields, See also:tin-mines and See also:silver-fields of the See also:district and for the See also:rich See also:copper district of Chillagoe. A See also:government railway, 48 m. long, runs to Mareeba, whence a private See also:company's See also:line continues to Mungana, roo m. W. There is also a line belonging to a private company connecting Chillagoe with Mareeba. In the vicinity of Cairns are extensive See also:sugar plantations, with sugar See also:mills and refineries;, the culture of See also:coffee and See also:tobacco has rapidly extended; bananas, See also:pine-apples and other fruits are exported in considerable quantities and there is a large See also:industry in See also:cedar. The Barron. Falls, among the finest in Australia, are near Kuranda, 19 M. from Cairns. Cairns. became a See also:municipality in 1885.

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