Kanimbla, Queensland

Kanimbla is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, the population of Kanimbla was 2,670 people.[1]

Kanimbla
Cairns, Queensland
Harrison Close looking west, 2018
Kanimbla
Coordinates16.9219°S 145.7208°E / -16.9219; 145.7208
Population2,670 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density834/km2 (2,160/sq mi)
Established1989
Postcode(s)4870
Area3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
LGA(s)Cairns Region
State electorate(s)Cairns
Federal Division(s)Leichhardt
Suburbs around Kanimbla:
Brinsmead Whitfield Manoora
Redlynch Kanimbla Manoora
Lamb Range Mooroobool Mooroobool

Geography

Kanimbla is 6 km (3.7 mi) west of the city centre.

The suburb straddles the upper reaches of Moody's Creek and is bordered to the north by the Cairns Western Arterial Road (state route 91). The main road that goes through Kanimbla is Ramsey Drive. Along the middle of the northern boundary is Whites Gap. In the south west elevations reach heights greater than 500 m towards the summit of Mooroobool Peak. Cairns Regional Council announced in 2013 that land had been purchased in Kanimbla to build a detention basin to alleviate seasonal flooding in suburbs downstream.[3]

History
MV Kanimbla

On 11 February 1989 the suburb was created from land previously in Manoora and Mooroobool. The new suburb was named for the MV Kanimbla, a coastal passenger ship which had serviced Cairns before being pressed into military service during World War II (Manora and Mooroobool also being the names of coastal passenger ships).[4][5]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kanimbla (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. "Kanimbla – suburb in Cairns Region (entry 48693)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. Liam Parsons (21 October 2013). "Cairns Regional Council purchases land to build 100 megalitre flood detention basin". The Cairns Post.
  4. "Cairns Suburbs". University of Queensland Centre for the Government of Queensland. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  5. "Item ID3410383, Queensland Place Names Act 1988 - Approval of a Place Name. - Mr W.H. Glasson". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2020. — includes a map

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