Redlynch is a semi-rural town and

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Cairns Cairns (; ) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the , Cairns had a population of 153,181 people. The city was founded in 1876 and named after William Cairns, Sir W ...

in the

Cairns Region The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, centred on the regional city of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shires of Douglas and Mulgrave. ...

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, Australia. In the , the suburb of Redlynch had a population of 10,571 people.

Geography

Redlynch lies along the valley created by Freshwater Creek with the Redlynch Intake Road being the major artery running from north to south roughly parallel and west of the creek. Redlynch has the following mountains in the

Whitfield Range Whitfield may refer to: Places Australia * Whitfield, Queensland, a suburb of Cairns * Whitfield, Victoria, an agricultural township England * Whitfield, Derbyshire, a hamlet and former parish * Whitfield, Gloucestershire, a hamlet * Whitf ...

: * Boiboi Peak (), * Mooroobool Peak (), Most of the land east of Redlynch Intake Road down to Freshwater Creek is used to grow

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...

. The residential development occurs to the west of Redlynch Intake Road, while far eastern and far western parts of the suburb are undeveloped bushland on steep slopes rising to 500–600 metres which form part of the

Barron Gorge National Park Barron Gorge National Park is a protected area in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It lies predominantly within the locality of Barron Gorge. Geography The park is 1,404 km northwest of Brisbane and from Kuranda. Barron Gorg ...

. The

Kuranda Scenic Railway The Kuranda Scenic Railway is a tourist railway service in Australia that operates along the heritage-listed Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line. Constructed in 1891, the line runs from Cairns, Queensland, over the Great Dividing Range to the town o ...

winds its way up the north-eastern slopes of Redlynch with two stations in the suburb: *

Redlynch railway station The Cairns-to-Kuranda Railway is a heritage-listed railway line from the Cairns Region to the Shire of Mareeba, both in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Redlynch, a suburb of Cairns and travels up the Great Dividing Range to Kuranda wi ...

() * Jungara railway station, now abandoned () Jump Up is a neighbourhood in the suburb ().

History

Redlynch is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country. The first stage of the

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was from Cairns to a location that was known to the project as the Eight Mile Camp. This first stage opened in November 1887 at which time the railway station at the Eight Mile Camp was named

. According to the

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, the name ''Redlynch'' refers to Redlynch,

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in England, but other government information suggests it was named after Redlynch,

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in England. In anticipation of the railway's opening, Thomas Dillon constructed the Terminus Hotel built near the Redlynch railway station. The hotel was sold to Joseph Best in December 1888, and passed to Thomas Lavercombe in July 1889. Subsequent licensees included Samuel Thomas Walker and William Arthur. In March 1891, Arthur was bankrupted and the hotel was sold to Mangus Petersen. It was destroyed by fire in the 1920s. The Redlynch Hotel was constructed in 1926 opposite the railway station; it is now known as the Red Beret Hotel. The hotel was built opposite to the Terminus Hotel, which burned down in the 1920s Original Redlynch State School

Redlynch State School opened on 15 February 1932 on Intake Road with an initial enrolment of 80 students. Circa 1994, the school moved to a new site further along Intake Road on a former sugarcane farm, opening with 180 students. In 2007, a secondary school was added to create Redlynch State College. St Andrew's Catholic College opened in 2001, initially offering Pre-School to Year 4. It had an initial 89 students under founding principal Mrs Lauretta Graham. All Saint's Chapel was opened in 2009. The Redlynch Central Shopping Centre opened in 2005 and expanded in 2014. In 2019, a deadly fungus,

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, was found in a pocket of rainforest in the suburb.

Demographics

In the , the suburb of Redlynch had a population of 9,728 people. In the , the suburb of Redlynch had a population of 10,571 people.

Heritage listings

Redlynch has the following heritage listings: * 399 Kamerunga Road (): Xavier and Sadie Herbert's Cottage * Redlynch to Kuranda ():

Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line The Cairns-to-Kuranda Railway is a heritage-listed Track (rail transport), railway line from the Cairns Region to the Shire of Mareeba, both in Queensland, Australia. It commences at Redlynch, Queensland, Redlynch, a suburb of Cairns and trave ...

Education

Redlynch State College is a government primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at Jungara Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,827 students with 152 teachers (141 full-time equivalent) and 73 non-teaching staff (57 full-time equivalent). It includes a

special education Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual di ...

program. St Andrew's Catholic College Redlynch Valley is a Catholic primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 185-205 Intake Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,682 students with 132 teachers (125 full-time equivalent) and 89 non-teaching staff (54 full-time equivalent).

Amenities

Redlynch Shopping Village is opposite the hotel and diagonally opposite the railway station on the corner of Redlynch Intake Road and Margaret Street. Redlynch Central Shopping Centre is located in Larsen Road off Redlynch Connection Road. All Saints' Catholic Chapel is at St Andrew's College at Intake Road. It is within the Northern Beaches Parish of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns is located in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The diocese was erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1877 and was elevated to a diocese in 1941. It ...

References

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