Edmonton, Queensland

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Edmonton, Queensland

Edmonton used to be an independent township supporting a sugar mill, but in recent times has become a suburb of Cairns

Cairns, Queensland

Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area upon which the city has been built is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy....
, Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is located approximately 10 km south of the centre of Cairns on the Bruce Highway

Bruce Highway

The Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia. Running from the state capital, Brisbane, to Cairns, Queensland in Far North Queensland, the route is a part of the Australian National Highway ....
and within the Cairns Regional Council

Cairns Regional Council

Cairns Regional Council is a Local Government Areas of Australia in Queensland, Australia. The Local Government Area was created on 15 March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007....
local government area. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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Edmonton used to be an independent township supporting a sugar mill, but in recent times has become a suburb of Cairns

Cairns, Queensland

Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area upon which the city has been built is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy....
, Queensland

Queensland

Australia

Bruce Highway

Cairns Regional Council

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years. The most recent census was conducted on 8 August 2006....
, Edmonton had a population of 8,035.

The primary industry in Edmonton was traditionally sugar cane harvesting, but as Edmonton has grown, it has become an outer suburb of Cairns. Edmonton has experienced rapid growth in new housing estates in recent years resulting in consequent population growth.

In March, 2006, Tropical Cyclone Larry hit Edmonton causing minimal damage. The centre of the cyclone

Cyclone

In meteorology, a cyclone refers to an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth's rotation. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth....
passed through the town of Innisfail

Innisfail, Queensland

Innisfail is a town located in the Far North Queensland of the state of Queensland, Australia . It is the major township of the Cassowary Coast Regional Council and is well renowned for its sugar and banana industries but also as being one of Australia's wettest towns....
, 75km south of the suburb.

Schools

Bentley Park College
Bentley Park College

Bentley Park College is a co-educational, Public school school located in Edmonton, Queensland, Queensland, Australia. The school educates students from Nursery school to high school senior and first opened in 1997....
Hambledon State School
Saint Therese's School

Communications

As a suburb of Cairns, Edmonton is served by the city's broadcasting media outlets and the Cairns Post newspaper. is the local independent monthly suburban newspaper which is delivered to homes in Edmonton.