Bartle Frere, Queensland

Bartle Frere is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Bartle Frere had a population of 137 people.[1]

Bartle Frere
Queensland
View across the canefields of Bartle Frere with Mount Bartle Frere in the distance, 2014
Bartle Frere
Coordinates17°26′22″S 145°53′06″E
Population137 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density8.25/km2 (21.38/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4861
Area16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
LGA(s)Cairns Region
State electorate(s)Hill
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Bartle Frere:
Wooroonooran Wooroonooran Mirriwinni
Wooroonooran Bartle Frere Eubenangee
Woopen Creek Woopen Creek Woopen Creek

Geography
Russell River, boundary between Woopen Creek (foreground) and Bartle Frere (background), 2018

The locality of Bartle Frere lies to the south of Mount Bartle Frere. The locality is flat low-lying land (10–20 metres above sea level) and is freehold land used for farming, predominantly the growing of sugarcane. The Russell River forms the boundary to the locality to the south and east.[3]

Looking down Bartle Frere Road, rain falling on distant mountains, Bartle Frere, 2018

The Bruce Highway forms the northern boundary of the locality with the North Coast railway line immediately parallel and adjacent to the north (so just outside the boundary of the locality in neighbouring Eubenangee).[3]

History
Sir Henry Bartle Frere

The locality takes its name from Mount Bartle Frere, which in turn was named after Sir Henry Bartle Frere, the president of the Royal Geographical Society, by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple on 30 September 1873.[2]

Bartle Frere State School opened on 30 January 1922.[4]

In the 2011 census, Bartle Frere had a population of 361 people.[5]

Education

Bartle Frere State School is a co-educational government primary school (P-6) at 29 Price Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[6]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bartle Frere (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. "Bartle Frere – locality (entry 48515)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bartle Frere". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  6. "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Bartle Frere State School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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