Monday, March 21, 2011

Far North Queensland Place names ba - bl

This is a project I completed  in 2000, covering the origin of place names for Far North Queensland including the Torres Strait and Cairns

Babinda
South of Cairns. Yidinji Aboriginal name (binda) meaning waterfall or possibly local creek with running or falling water. Some believe that it comes from the Aboriginal word bunda, meaning mountain. The area was called Babinda Creek by the first White settlers and the township that sprung up was named after the Creek. The town as surveyed on 6 March 1915. The Babinda Creek Falls was originally named the Hume Black Falls by Archibald Meston in 1889 after Maurice Hume Black (1830-1899), Secretary for Public Lands, 1888-1890.
Source:
Martinuzzi, A. L. Places and after whom they are named. Aboriginal names and their meanings. Innisfail and District Historical Society. Vol. 7, 1991, p. 15
Mulgrave Shire Council. History of Roads & Works, 1936-1969, p. 167
Appleton, Richard & Barbara. Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places, p. 16
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 355, March 1990
Coordinates:
17 20 S 145 55 E


Bacalakis Close
Cairns. Edmonton. Named for barrister Theo Bacalakis in particular & the Greek Community in general for services to Cairns. Name approved by the Cairns City Council on 24 October 1994
Source:
Cairns City Council file no 52105
Coordinates:
16 59 S 145 45 E


Backhaus Street
Innisfail. Named after the Backhouse family who were early settlers
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 19
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Badilla Street
Innisfail. Named after a type of sugar cane
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 19
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bahr Road
Atherton Tableland. Named after Albert Bahr, one of the Maalan Group of settlers in the 1950s


Bailey Creek
Daintree. Named in 1874 by a party of men working for Henriques & O'Grady & Company
Source:
Kerr, John. Northern Outpost, 1979, p. 6


Bailey Street
Mareeba. Named around 1972 for William & Annie Bailey
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 6
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Baines Street
Cairns. Clifton Beach. Named after Baine Patches, east of Cairns
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Baird Road
Cooktown. Named after either Miss Baird of Baird soft drink manufacturers, said to have been the first white woman to have landed in Cooktown aboard the SS Leichardt on 25 October 1873; or Robert Baird, first prospector to the Annan Tinfield & Bloomfield & Mayor of Cooktown in 1882
Source:
Pike, Glenville. Queen of the North, 1979, p. 61
Cooktown Shire Library name list
Coordinates:
15 28 S 145 15 E


Baird's Creek
Cardwell district. Named in the 1860s after J. C. Baird a prominent early resident of Cardwell
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407


Baird's Creek
Bloomfield District. Named after Robert Baird, first prospector to the Annan Tinfield & the Bloomfield & Mayor of Cooktown in 1882 or William Baird, who discovered tin at Mount Romeo in January 1887
Source:
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 703


Baird's Pinnacles
Cape York. Named after William Baird, who prospected in the area, 1887-1894, when he was fatally speared.
Source:
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 704
Jim McJannett, email correspondence in October 2011


Baird Street
Mount Carbine. The main street in the township is named after Sam Baird, prominent Mount Carbine citizen & who opened the first hotel there, the Miners' Arms, in 1904
Source:
Pike, Glenville. Pioneers' Country, 1980, p. 247
Rudd, Richard. The Veins of Carbine Hill, 1978, p. 39
Coordinates:
16 32 S 145 08 E


Bairdsville
Cape York Peninsula. Named after William Baird who discovered gold here in 1892. It was in the Batavia Gold Field area. Baird was speared in 1894 & his grave is here
Source:
Hooper, Colin. Angor to Zillmanton, 1993, p. 231
Jim McJannett, email correspondence in October 2011
Coordinates:
13 10 S 143 1 E


Baker Burns'
Hodgkinson Goldfield, Thornborough District. Named for Jim Burns, the last baker in the area.
Source:
Pike, Glenville. Pioneers' Country, 1980, p. 55


Baker's Blue Mountain
Mt. Carbine district. Named by John Fraser circa 1875. Fraser owned the Brooklyn Station in the district from 1875. Possibly named after Fraser's brother-in-law, who worked for him. His name was T.H. Baker
Source:
Rudd, Richard. The Veins of Carbine Hill, 1978, p. 19


Baker Street
Gordonvale. In honour of Alf Baker, an early teamster and settler of the Gordonvale area
Source:
Hesp, A. J. Origin of Street Names In Gordonvale. Mulgrave Shire Historical Society Bulletin no. 1, December 1977
Coordinates:
17 6 S 145 47 E


Balaclava
Cairns Suburb. So named because of the Balaclava Estate of pioneer Edward Campbell Earl who in 1910 had 1280 acres under cane on the estate. Prior to this the land was owned by T.E. White and managed by W. Senhouse
Source:
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 396
Collinson, J. More About Cairns. 2. Echoes of the Past, 1945, p. 31
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Baler Street
Cairns. Trinity Beach. Named for the baler shell
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Baler Street
Port Douglas. Named after the Baler shell
Coordinates:
16 29 S 145 28 E


Balfe Street
Cairns. Parramatta Park. Named after B. O. Balfe, who was an Alderman on the Cairns City Council, 1930-1939 and a dentist by profession
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 5
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Balfour Creek
Gulf of Carpentaria. Named by William Landsborough on 29 November 186. William Landsborough explored much of Queensland and was rewarded by the Queensland Government with about 2000 acres of land on the Sunshine Coast which he named "Lamerough". Landsborough and John McDouall Stuart were first to cross the continent in 1862 arriving at their destination within a week of each other. Stuart travelled from Adelaide, while Landsborough journeyed with camel from Albert River in Queensland, but failed to record the arrival due to their great excitement . Public subscription urged these men to do exploration, specifically to search for the missing Burke and Wills. William Landsborough traversed the country many times from exploring from Mt.Nebo to Bowen Downs Station 1856-1859. William married Caroline Raine of Sydney just before he sailed for London to be presented to Queen Victoria in 1863. The title "Right Honourable William Landsborough" was bestowed on him in Brisbane in 1864. William was appointed in 1865 to Albert River in the Gulf as M.L.A. and Police Magistrate receiving $800 p.a. Landsborough became Crown Lands Commissioner. William Landsborough passed away on 16.3.1886 aged 61 years
Source:
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition From Carpentaria, In Search of Burke & Wills, 1862, p. 27


Ball Pocket
See Kulara


Balzer Close
Cairns. Whitfield. Named after Alderman Wally C. Balzer, a prominent Cairns businessman. He had a chemist next to the Great Northern Hotel
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 6
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bamaga
Tip of Cape York. Aboriginal Community. Named after Chief Bamaga Ginau, who led many of his people from Saibai to Muttee Heads then Bamaga in the late 1940s, after tidal inundation had rendered Saibai Island virtually uninhabitable. The local traditional name for the Bamaga area is Ichirru
Source:
Injinoo Handbook, 1995, p. 8
Coordinates:
10 53 S 142 24 E


Bamboo Creek
Innisfail District. Named in October 1873 by George Dalrymple because of the giant bamboo growing there
Source:
Jones, Dorothy. Hurricane Lamps & Blue Umbrellas, p. 388
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 170, January 1974


Bamboo Street
Cairns. Holloways Beach. Many street names in this suburb were named for a floral theme at the suggestion of Anne Edwards, a resident of the suburb from 1961 to the mid 1980s
Source:
Holmes, Robyn. Beach Homes Rose Up From Sand & Bush. Cairns Sun, 17 September 1997, p. 7
Coordinates:
16 50 S 145 44 E


Bamford
Chillagoe District. Named by Warden Jimmy Williams of Thornborough in January 1904 after F.W. Bamford, an inspector on the Cairns-Mareeba railway line who became the first Federal Member for Herbert. He stood as a Labor candidate on a White Australia ticket. The first mineral discovery in the area was about 1893
Source:
Hooper, Colin. Angor to Zillmanton, 1993, p. 183
Pike, Glenville. Pioneers' Country, 1980, p. 228
Collinson, J. More About Cairns. 2. Echoes of the Past, 1945, p. 63
Coordinates:
17 19 S 144 55 E


Bamford Hill
Chillagoe District. Named by Warden Jimmy Williams of Thornborough in January 1904 after F.W. Bamford, an inspector on the Cairns-Mareeba railway line who became the first Federal Member for Herbert
Source:
Pike, Glenville. Pioneers' Country, 1980, p. 228
Coordinates:
17 19 S 144 55 E


Banana Island
Innisfail District. Named on 6 October 1873 by George Dalrymple because of the wild bananas growing there
Source:
Jones, Dorothy. Hurricane Lamps & Blue Umbrellas, p. 388


Banfield Parade
Mission Beach. Named after Edmund James Banfield (4 September 1852-1923). Born in England, he came to Australia as a child and arrived in Townsville in 1882. He married Bertha Golding circa 1886 in Townsville and they first visited Dunk Island in September 1896. Banfield was the co-editor of the Townsville Daily Editor. After 15 years with the paper he was suffering from nervous exhaustion, with a string desire to get away from it all. In September 1897 he and his wife moved to Dunk Island permanently until his death from appendicitis on 2 June 1923. Bertha Banfield died in 1933
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 313
Porter, James C. Discovering the Family Islands, 1983, p. 12-22
Coordinates:
17 35 S 145 36 E


Banks Channel
Torres Strait. Named after Sir Joseph Banks, botanist on Cook's Endeavour Expedition in 1770
Coordinates:
10 12 S 142 01 E


Banks Island
Torres Strait. Named by William Bligh on 11 September 1792 after Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist on the Endeavour. Usually known by its Island name of Moa Island, on which are located the villages of Kubin & St. Pauls as well as the now abandoned settlement of Poid
Source:
Cooktown Shire Library name list
Coordinates:
10 12 S 142 16 E


Banks Street
Cooktown. Named by James Smith Reid (founder in April 1874 of the Courier newspaper in Cooktown) who surveyed the town in May 1874, for Sir Joseph Banks, botanist with Captain Cook
Source:
Pike, Glenville. Queen of the North, 1979, p. 61
Cooktown Shire Library name list
Coordinates:
15 28 S 145 15 E


Banksia Close
Cairns. Holloways Beach. Many street names in this suburb were named for a floral theme at the suggestion of Anne Edwards, a resident of the suburb from 1961 to the mid 1980s
Source:
Holmes, Robyn. Beach Homes Rose Up From Sand & Bush. Cairns Sun, 17 September 1997, p. 7
Coordinates:
16 50 S 145 44 E


Banksia Street
Cairns. Mooroobool. Streets in this estate have a floral theme
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 6
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Banyan Creek
Tully. Flows into the Tully River. Named in the 1860s by botanist John Dallachy because of trees similar to the banyans of Sri Lanka
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407


Barang Street
Kuranda. Named by Surveyor G. Edwards. He had lived among an Aboriginal group in the South Burnett district in Queensland & apparently named this street after an Aboriginal word from that language
Source:
Edwards, Ron. An Explorers Guide to Kuranda. Kuranda: Rams Skull Press, 1994, p. 7
Coordinates:
16 49 S 145 38 E


Barbagallo's Road
South of Gordonvale. Named after a farmer in the area
Source:
Mulgrave Shire Council. History of Roads & Works, 1936-1969, p. 86-87


Barclay Road
Cairns. Brinsmead. Named after John Barclay, Commission Agent
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Barlow Street
Cairns. Manunda. Named after Alderman E. G. Barlow, an Alderman of the Cairns City Council between 1955-1970
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 6
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Barnard Islands
Great Barrier Reef Islands south of Innisfail. Charted by captain Cook in 1770 and named by Captain Phillip Parker King on 21 June 1819 after his friend Edward Barnard
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407
Coordinates:
17 40 S 146 10 E


Barnard Spur
Mount Bellenden Ker. Named by Archibald Meston in January 1889 after H. G. Barnard, who climber the mountain with Meston.
Source:
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 175, June 1974


Barnes Street
Cairns. Earlville. Named after Captain Jack Barnes, Harbour Master Cairns 1964-1978. He retired to Tolga, died on 27 August 1979 and was buried at sea off Cairns on 29 August 1979
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Baronia Close
Cairns. Holloways Beach. Many street names in this suburb were named for a floral theme at the suggestion of Anne Edwards, a resident of the suburb from 1961 to the mid 1980s. The correct name is Boronia
Source:
Holmes, Robyn. Beach Homes Rose Up From Sand & Bush. Cairns Sun, 17 September 1997, p. 7
Coordinates:
16 50 S 145 44 E


Barr Creek
Cairns. Machans Beach. Named after Harry Barr, an early landholder in the area who erected the first sawmill at Smithfield. He was also the valuer for the Cairns Board.
Source:
Rapkins, Denise. Certain Friends in Uncertain Times. A History of Machans Beach, 1995, p. 8
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Barr Street
Cairns. Earlville. Probably named after Harry Barr, an early landholder in the Machans Beach area who erected the first sawmill at Smithfield. He was also the valuer for the Cairns Board.
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Barra Castle Hill
Hinchinbrook Island. 582 metres (1 910 feet) high. Named by Commander George Strong Nares (1831-1915) of HMS Salamander in 1866, during a two year survey of the Australian coastline. He later became an admiral and was knighted
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407
Coordinates:
18 23 S 146 17 E


Barrett Hill
Cape York Peninsula, Janet Range, south of the Pascoe River. Named by the officers of the surveying ship Paluma, 1890, for Barrett, a member of the crew of the Ariel who in 1848 went to assist Carron's party. Barrett was wounded by a spear in this operation
Source:
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 225 & 696


Barrett Street
Cairns. Bungalow. Named after G. M. Barrett, cordial manufacturer and Cairns City Council Alderman, 1933-1936
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Barrett Street
Mareeba. Named after George Ernest Barrett who was killed in World War I on 12 August 1918. he was a private, 2769, 42nd Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 6
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Barrine Court
Cairns. Caravonica/ Lake Placid. Named after Lake Barrine on the Atherton Tablelands
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Barron Close
Mareeba. Named around 1974 for the Barron River. The Barron River was named in 1876 after Thomas Henry Bowman Barron, acting Commissioner of Police, 1872-1873. He died on 24 June 1882, aged 48 years
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 6
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Barron Falls Road
Kuranda. So named because it leads to the Barron River waterfall
Coordinates:
16 49 S 145 38 E


Barron River
Originally named the Silvers by John Doyle when he came across it in 1876. Later in 1876 Police Inspectors R.A. Johnstone and A. Douglas named it in honour of Thomas Henry Bowman Barron, Chief Clerk of the Queensland Police Department. Apparently the Aboriginal name for the river was Buna & the Falls as Din Din
Source:
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 61
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 6
Edwards, Ron. An Explorers Guide to Kuranda. Kuranda: Rams Skull Press, 1994, p. 10


Barron River Falls
See Barron River


Barronville
See Kamerunga


Barrow Point
Great Barrier Reef south of Cape Melville. Named by Lieutenant Charles Jeffries of the Kangaroo in 1815
Source:
Gill, J.C.H. The Missing Coast, 1988, p. 149
Coordinates:
14 22 S 144 39 E


Barry Street
Cairns. Westcourt. Named after Mr Barry who owned the land before it was subdivided
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 6
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bartle Street
Innisfail. Named after Mt Bartle Frere
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 21
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bartley Park
Kuranda. Named for the Bartley family, pioneers in the district
Source:
Humston, S. Kuranda: The Village in the Rainforest 1888-1988, p. 36
Coordinates:
16 49 S 145 38 E


Basalt Street
Mareeba. Named around 1903 because this street crosses a belt of basalt
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 7
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Basalt Street
Cairns. Brinsmead. Streets in this subdivision are named after types of rocks.
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Basilisk
See South Johnstone


Basilisk Bank
Torres Strait, near Mabuiag Island. It was named in 1871 by Captain John Moresby after his ship Basilisk


Basilisk Island
Named by Captain John Moresby in 1873 after his ship
Source:
Cooktown Shire Library name list


Basilisk Passage
Torres Strait, between Warrior & Dungeness Reefs. It was named in 1871 by Captain John Moresby after his ship Basilisk
Source:
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 114 & 356


Basilisk Range
Between Innisfail and Tully. Named in 1873 by George Dalrymple after H.M.S. Basilisk, the ship used by Captain John Moresby in his 1872 explorations of the North Queensland coast.
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407


Bass Street
Cairns. Earlville. Named after Bass's cordial factory
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bataan Close
Cairns. Trinity Park. Streets in this subdivision were named after ships. The Bataan is a ship in the Australian Navy
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bataan Street
Cairns. Trinity Park. Streets in this subdivision were named after ships. The Bataan is a ship in the Australian Navy
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Batavia Court
Cairns. Edmonton. Queerah. Named after a Dutch explorer ship. Name approved on 6 February 1989. The Dutch merchant ship Batavia, commanded by Francois Pelsaert, was wrecked in 1629 on a coral reef of the West Australian coast.
Source:
Cairns City Council file no 52105
Coordinates:
17 1 S 145 45 E


Batavia River
See Wenlock River


Batcha
Mt Garnet Railway siding. Aboriginal name meaning 'country with vegetation destroyed by fire'
Source:
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 97, April 1967


Batchelor Street
Innisfail. Named after W.T. Batchelor, Shire Councillor 1946-1949 and Shire Chairman 1948-1949
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 19
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bates Street
Cairns. Earlville. Named after Gilbert White Bates, newspaper editor of the Trinity Times and who was an alderman in Cairns in 1891. His wife, Henrietta Matilda Bates, died on 7 May 1907
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 7
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bathurst Bay
Eastern Cape York. Named by Phillip Parker King in 1821 after his ship, the Bathurst
Source:
Cooktown Shire Library name list
Coordinates:
14 13 S 144 22 E


Bathurst Drive
Cairns. Edmonton. Queerah. Named after a ship. Name approved in 1989. The Bathurst was commanded by Phillip Parker King in 1821
Source:
Cairns City Council file no 52105.
Coordinates:
17 1 S 145 45 E


Bathurst Head
Eastern Cape York Peninsula, west of Cape Melville. Named by Phillip Parker King in 1821. He named it after his ship the Bathurst
Source:
Pike, Glenville. The Last Frontier, 1983, p. 52
Coordinates:
14 16 S 144 12 E


Batt Street
Cairns. Clifton Beach. Named after Batt Reef, east of Port Douglas
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Battle Camp
Cape York Peninsula, west of Cooktown. A pitched battle took place here on 5 November 1873 when the first party of diggers for the Palmer under the leadership of Archibald Campbell Macmillan were attacked by several hundred Aborigines at this spot. The attack was repulsed & the fleeing warriors were pursued & shot. From that day on the site was known as Battle Camp or Battlecamp.
Source:
Hooper, Colin. Angor to Zillmanton, 1993, p. 219
Northern Sun, vol 16 no 51, Aug-Sept 2000, p. 9-11


Battle Camp Station
Cooktown railway. 32 miles west of Cooktown. Opened in 1887 as Sandy Creek, but the name was changed in the early 1890s to Battle Camp, after the name of a pastoral holding in the area. Battle Camp pastoral holdings was named after a pitched battle between Aborigines & miners in the district in 1873, with a great loss of life.
Source:
Knowles, J. W. The Cooktown Railway, 1966, p. 63


Battle Creek
Cairns. On Smith's Creek, Trinity Inlet. Now known as Smiths Landing. Phil Garland and his party were attacked there in 1870 after a dispute over a canoe. Known by Bill Smith as the Landing and later known after him.
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 7
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Battles Crossing
Atherton Tableland. Malanda District. On the Johnstone River. Named after the Battle family who owned the land here
Source:
Eacham Historical Society Bulletin no 53, January 1981


Bauer Inlet
South of Cooktown. Named for brothers Frederick, Louis George & Anniechen Pearson Bauer who grew sugar here from 1882
Source:
Kerr, John. Northern Outpost, 1979, p. 21


Bauhinia Avenue
Cairns. Earlville. Named after a tree species
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 7
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bauhinia Avenue
Weipa. Botanical genus
Source:
Hibberd Library list
Coordinates:
12 40 S 141 57 E


Bauhinia Creek
See Tinaroo Creek


Bavington Court
Cairns. Edmonton. Named for Mrs T. Bavington, school teacher & basketball coach at the Hambledon State School in 1924. Name approved by the Cairns City Council on 26 June 1995
Source:
Cairns City Council file no 52105
Coordinates:
17 01 S 145 45 E


Baxter Park
Innisfail. Park in Innisfail on the east side of the Jubilee Bridge. Named for B.F. Baxter, Shire Councillor, 1967-1978
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 23
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Baxter Street
Mareeba. Named around 1970 for Albert Baxter, an early pioneer
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 7
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Bay Hill
Innisfail District. 96 metres (314 feet) high. Named in 1873 by Dalrymple. Descriptive
Source:
Jones, Dorothy. Hurricane Lamps & Blue Umbrellas, p. 388


Bay of Islands
Named by Captain William Bligh on 3 June 1789. This was either what is now known as Endeavour Strait or Flinders Passage
Source:
Cooktown Shire Library name list
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 102-3


Bayview Heights
Cairns. Suburb. Descriptive name as the suburb is at an elevated location with views to the sea. The first Bayview Heights subdivision (allotments 1-56) was surveyed in April 1947
Source:
Mulgrave Shire Council. History of Roads & Works, 1936-1969, p. 3
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Beabey Patches
Great Barrier Reef. Named after Boatswain F.G. Beabey of HMS Dart in 1899
Source:
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 259


Beach Street
Yarrabah. So named because the street is on the beach


Beachview
Atherton Tableland, Millaa Millaa district. Ernest E. J. Kjellberg ran a sanatorium here called Beachview. He practiced from the 1920s to the mid 1950s & at times the population exceeded 500 people. It was named Beachview "because, on a clear day from a hill, one could see the sea in the great distance"
Source:
Eacham Historical Society Bulletin Nos 34, May 1979


Beaconsfield
Town on the Hodgkinson Goldfield. Named after The British Prime Minister Disraeli, the Earl of Beaconsfield, in the latter part of the 1870s
Source:
Hooper, Colin. Angor to Zillmanton, 1993, p. 123
Coordinates:
16 57 S 145 8 E


Beagle Close
Cairns. Edmonton. Queerah. Named after the ship, Beagle. Name approved in 1989. HMS Beagle was used for exploration work of the Australian coast by Commander John Lort Stokes (1812-1885), from 1837-1843
Source:
Cairns City Council file no 52105.
Coordinates:
17 1 S 145 45 E


Beagle Rocks
Torres Strait. Probably named after the ship HMS Beagle which sailed through the Torres Strait in 1839 under Commander J.C. Wickham & in 1841 under Commander John Lort Stokes
Source:
Nicholson, Ian. Via Torres Strait, 1996, p. 130-132


Beames Brook
Gulf of Carpentaria. Named by Leichardt after Walter Beames, a Sydney merchant on 18 August 1845
Source:
Pike, Glenville. The Gulf Country, North Queensland, map reference 22


Beames Street
Mareeba. Named around 1966 for Des Beames, an ambulance man
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 7
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Beardmore Street
Cooktown. Named after the Beardmore family, early residents of Cooktown
Source:
Cooktown Shire Library name list
Coordinates:
15 28 S 145 15 E


Beatrice River
East of Millaa on the Palmerston Highway. Named in 1882 by Christie Palmerston after a Melbourne friend, possibly a sister
Source:
Jones, Dorothy. Hurricane Lamps & Blue Umbrellas, p. 388


Beatrice Road
Millaa Millaa. So named because this was the road to the Beatrice River
Coordinates:
17 31 S 145 37 E


Beatrice Street
Atherton. Apparently named for Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenburg, Queen Victoria's daughter, born in 1853
Coordinates:
17 16 S 145 29 E


Beatrice Street
Cairns. Mooroobool. The original sub-division streets were named after female Christian names
Source:
Cairns City Council Road Index, 1997
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Beaver Street
Cairns. Clifton Beach. Named after Beaver Reef, east of Mission Beach
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Beckett's Creek
See Jarra Creek


Bedarra Island.
South of Dunk Island. On June 8, 1770, Captain James Cook sailed his ship the Endeavour amidst a small group of islands in Far North Queensland. He named the group, including Bedarra Island, the Family Islands. Bedarra Island was originally named Richards Island after himself by Lieutenant G. E. Richards of the Paluma, 1886-1888. It was known by this name on marine charts. Bedarra was first settled in 1913 by Captain Henry Allason, an Englishmen who read E.J. Banfield's "Confessions of a Beachcomber" and decided he too would like to live on an island, so he purchased Bedarra from the Queensland Lands Department for the princely sum of £20. The Island was subsequently called Allison Island, a misspelling of his name. This name appeared on early Lands Department Maps. Allason became well known for his long distance swims in the area, but was gassed in France in World War 1 and spent the rest of his life recuperating in Nice. Sometime during the twenties, Ivan Menzies of "Gilbert and Sullivan" fame meet Allason in Nice and brought the island from him for £500 intending to make it into a home for under privileged English boys, but this failed and he sold it to the Harris syndicate in London in 1934. In 1938 a local Atherton man, John Coleman, brought out Harris after the syndicate breakup. In 1957 Ken and Cynthia Druitt bought the island and set up the first tourist resort. n 1980 Trans Australia Airways, (TAA) bought the section of the island owned by the Druitts and opened Bedarra Hideway Resort. Early in 1981 TAA also purchased the plantation side of Bedarra. Today, this area is the Bedarra Island Resort. TAA later changed its name in the mid 80s to Australian Airlines, and was then taken over by Qantas in the early 1990s. The resort was then purchased from Qantas in 1997 by the P&O Resort Group. The island is now known as Bedarra Island, the Aboriginal name for the Island as incorrectly used by Edmund Banfield. The correct Aboriginal name should be spelt as Biagurra
Source:
Porter, James C. Discovering the Family Islands, 1983, p. 5
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407 and 260
Bedarra Island. http://www.bedarraisland.com/page3.html
Coordinates:
18 S 146 10 E


Bedford Creek
North of Cardwell, tributary of the Murray River. Named in the 1880s after surveyor C. Twisten-Bedford
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407


Bee Close
Cairns. Edmonton. Probably named after the steamer Bee, which was used in Cairns from the early 1880s as a lighter to ferry goods from bigger vessels which could not come into the harbour. In the 1890s the steamer was owned by Walsh & Co.
Source:
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 193, 222 & 366
Coordinates:
17 1 S 145 45 E


Beech Close
Cairns. Manoora. In the Soderberg subdivision where street names have a tree species theme
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 7
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Beech Street
Innisfail. Named after a tree
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 19
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Beech Street
Yungaburra. Named after a species of tree
Coordinates:
17 16 S 145 35 E


Beech Street
Millaa Millaa. Most of the streets in Millaa Millaa where named for trees
Coordinates:
17 31 S 145 37 E


Begonia Place
Cairns. Mooroobool. In an estate where street names have a floral theme
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 7
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Behan Street
Cairns. Stratford. Named after Surveyor Thomas Behan, who was one of the very early surveyors in Cairns, as well as the owner of a rice mill at Stratford, which operated under the name Thomas Behan & Co. until 1895. Originally known as Barron Street
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 7
Mulgrave Shire Council. History of Roads & Works, 1936-1969, p. 207
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Behana Creek
South of Gordonvale. Named after Thomas Behan, appointed in March 1887 as engineer surveyor to the Cairns Divisional Board. Prior to being named Behana Creek it was known as Walker's Creek. The tramway siding at Behana was known until June 1900 as Walkers Siding. The Aboriginal name for Behana Creek was, according to Archibald Meston, Tringilburra.
Source:
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 245 and 376
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 175, June 1974


Belair Avenue
Innisfail. Named by developer Sam Brischetto, who developed the suburb Belvedere where this street is located
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 22
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bell Peak North
South of Yarrabah. Named for Joshua Peter Bell (1827-1881), MLA for Northern Downs & the Colonial Treasurer at the time. Named by George Dalrymple in 1873. Also known as Bells Peaks
Source:
Waterson, D.B. A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament, 1972, p. 13
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 25


Bell Peak South
South of Yarrabah. Named for Joshua Peter Bell (1827-1881), MLA for Northern Downs & the Colonial Treasurer at the time. Named by George Dalrymple in 1873. Also known as Bells Peaks
Source:
Waterson, D.B. A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament, 1972, p. 13
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 25


Bell's Creek.
Atherton Tableland. Originally known as Packer's Creek after the packers using this route. It was changed in 1906 to Bell's Creek in honour of Joshua Thomas Bell (1863-1911), the then Lands Minister, who camped here for a night when visiting the Crater
Source:
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 19, June 1960


Bella Vista Avenue
Innisfail. Named by developer Sam Brischetto, who developed the suburb Belvedere where this street is located
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 22
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bellbird Street
Cairns. Woree. Named after a bird.
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Belle Creek
Gulf Country. Named by the Jardine brothers on 4 November 1864
Source:
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 296


Bellenden Ker
Named after the Bellenden Ker Range behind the township. Originally called Millvill, for plans to set up a mill there, & later called Happy Valley
Source:
Bellenden Ker State School. Celebrating its Diamond Jubilee, 1982, p. 3
Coordinates:
17 16 S 145 55 E


Bellenden Ker Mission
See Yarrabah


Bellenden Ker Ranges
South of Cairns. Second highest mountain in Queensland. The Bellenden Ker Centre Peak is 1 591 metres (5 220 feet) high & the Bellenden Ker North Peak is 1 311 metres (4 301 feet) high. Named by Phillip Parker King on 22 April 1819, at the request of his botanist, Alan Cunningham, after John Bellenden-Ker, one of the first private orchid growers in the colony of New South Wales and a friend of Cunningham. The national park of the same name is now officially known by its Aboriginal name, Wooroonooran
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 4
Coordinates:
17 12 S 145 51 E


Bellenden Plains
South of Cairns. Named about 1866 by J. E. Davidson as the nearest plantation to the Bellenden Ker Range
Source:
Jones, Dorothy. Hurricane Lamps & Blue Umbrellas, p. 388


Bellenden Street
Innisfail. Named by developer Tony Sorbello
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 22
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bellevue crescent
Cairns. Edge Hill. Named by G.T. Fleming who was the previous owner of the land
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 8
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bello Drive
Innisfail. Named by developer Tony Sorbello
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 22
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bells Peaks
East of Gordonvale. Bell Peak North, 1 026 metres (3 367 feet) high and Bell Peak South, 938 metres (3078 feet) high were named after the Hon. J. P. Bell by George Dalrymple in 1873. They are part of the Malbon Thompson Range
Source:
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 24-25


Belmore Creek
Croydon Shire. Named after the first owner of the Belmore Station property. Originally called Croydon Downs Cattle Station, it was founded by William Chalmers Brown in 1882. Belmore was the name of the town where he was born in England. Was also known as Station Creek
Source:
Pike, Glenville. Croydon Gold, 1986, p. 5


Belson Road
Malanda. Named for Charles Belson, early pioneer & prominent citizen. He was the first Chairman of the Eacham Shire Council
Source:
Malanda in the Shadow of Bartle Frere, 1995, p. 13
Coordinates:
17 21 S 145 36 E


Belvedere
Innisfail. Suburb. Named after Sam Brischetto who developed the suburb
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 22
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Belvedere Avenue
Innisfail. Named by developer Sam Brischetto, who developed the suburb Belvedere where this street is located
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 22
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bemerside
North of Ingham. Name of the Haig and Miles Sugar Plantation established there in the early 1870s and which had its first crushing in 1873.
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407


Ben Lomond
Cape York Peninsula. Named on 8 January 1880 by Robert Logan Jack as this mountain bore a strong resemblance to the mountain of that name in the Highlands of Scotland
Source:
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 542


Benn Park
Cairns. Freshwater. Named after the Benn family, Freshwater pioneers. The original Benn was of Chinese descent
Source:
Benfer, John. A History of Freshwater, 1995, p. 32
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bentinck Island
Gulf of Carpentaria. Named by Matthew Finders of the Investigator on 19 November 1802 after Lord William Cavendish Bentinck (1774-1839), 2nd son of the 3rd Duke of Portland; Governor of Madras, India (1803-1811); Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in Italy (1811); Member of Parliament for King's Lynn; Governor General of Bengal, India (1827-1833) & the first Governor General of India in 1833-1835. He served as a Member of Parliament for Glasgow from 1837. As Flinders noted in his diary for that day, "In the morning, we steered up the opening with a land wind; and until ten o'clock, when we had reached the furthest part of the western land seen from Inspection Hill, the soundings were between 6 and 3 fathoms, reduced to low water. This land proved to be an island of ten or eleven miles long, and I have given it the name of Bentinck's Island, in honour of the Right Hon. Lord William Bentinck; of whose obliging attention, when governor of Madras, I shall hereafter have to speak in praise."
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 8
Austin, K. A. The Voyage of the Investigator, 1964, p. 162
http://mpec.sc.mahidol.ac.th/discaust/NORTH1.HTM
Coordinates:
17 04 S 139 28 E


Benwell Street
Innisfail. Named after a resident in this area
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 21
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bergin Road
Innisfail. Named after an early settler family
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 20
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bertie Bay
Goods Island, Torres Strait. Possibly named by Frank Jardine for his eldest son, Bertie.


Bertie Haugh Station
Cape York. Cattle property. Named by Frank Jardine for his eldest son. He took up Bertie Haugh in 1887
Source:
Cooktown Shire Library name list
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 319 & 345


Berzinski's Gully
Craiglee. Named after Rudolph Berzinski, a pioneer packer on the Bump track & who selected land in the district in November 1877. The gully was to the north of his home
Source:
Kerr, John. Northern Outpost, 1979, p. 10


Berzinski Street
Mossman. Named after the Berzinski family. Rudolph Berzinski was a pioneer packer on the Bump track & who selected land in the district in November 1877. Ernie Berzinski was Chairman of the Douglas Shire for many years
Source:
Kerr, John. Northern Outpost, 1979, p. 10
Pike, Glenville. Port of promise, 1986, p. 59
Coordinates:
16 28 S 145 23 E


Best Street
Cairns. Yorkeys Knob. Named for a Mr Best, who came from Georgetown to Yorkeys Knob & who was the licensee of the hotel there in the late 1930s
Source:
Williams, Mary T. The Knob: a history of Yorkey's Knob, 1988, p. 44 & 47
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Beth Close
Cairns. Woree. Streets in this part of Woree are named after girl's Christian names.
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bethel Close
Mareeba. Named around 1977 for John Bethel, an early pioneer
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 8
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Bethel Park
Mareeba. Named in 1992 for Jack Bethel, in honour of his work for sporting & community organisations
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 104
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Bevan Close
Innisfail. Named after Surveyor Bevan
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 22
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Biboohra
North of Mareeba. Township & railway station. The word was submitted by surveyor Thomas Behan who claimed he got it, "From Captain Cook's book of travel in the South Sea Islands". The claim that Biboohra was the Aboriginal name for the Barron River falls was denied by Michael O'Leary who accepted Din Din as being used for a waterfall but insisted Willcher was the only name he found in common usage for the Barron Falls. Biboohra was originally known as Barron Water and then Upper Crossing as it was the third time the Barron River was crossed by the track from Smithfield to the Hinterland
Source:
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 288
Cummins & Campbell's Monthly Magazine April 1929, p. 83
Pike, Glenville. Pioneers' Country, 1980, p. 169
Collinson, J. More About Cairns. 2. Echoes of the Past, 1945, p. 56


Bicentennial Lakes
Mareeba. Named in 1988, commemorating the bicentennial of Australia
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 104
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Bicentennial Park
Cooktown. Completed in 1988 & named for the Bicentenary after a grant of $75 000 was given to the local bicentennial committee to construct an amphitheatre for the staging of the annual re-enactment of Captain Cook's landing
Source:
Cooktown Shire Library name list
Coordinates:
15 28 S 145 15 E


Bicentennial Road
Cairns. Edmonton. Queerah. So named because this road was named during the Bicentennial in 1988.
Source:
Cairns City Council file no 52105
Coordinates:
17 1 S 145 45 E


Bicton Close
Mission Beach. Named after the pioneering Cutten family who settled in the area in April 1882 and called their property Bicton, after their estate Bicton, which gained its name from Bicton Hills, Devonshire, the home of Lord Rowles with whom the family frequently holidayed
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407
Coordinates:
17 35 S 146 06 E


Bicton Hill
Mission Beach. Named by the Cutten family in 1882 after their estate Bicton, which gained its name from Bicton Hills, Devonshire, the home of Lord Rowles with whom the family frequently holidayed
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407
Coordinates:
17 35 S 145 36 E


Big Maria Creek
See Maria Creek


Bilwon
Cairns. Railway station. Aboriginal name for the Ring-tailed Possum
Source:
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 97, April 1967
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bilyana
20 km north of Cardwell on the Bruce Highway. Aboriginal name for the type of grass that grows there. It may however be a corruption of the Aboriginal words Belyana (don't go) and Bulyana (go there). May also mean eagle hawk
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 97, April 1967


Bingil Bay
Mission Beach. Aboriginal word for the area said to mean good camping ground with fresh water or good and well watered point. The Cuttens brothers, early settlers in the area who arrived on 1 April 1882 called their house, the farm, the area and the hill Bicton. It is unknown when the name reverted back to the Aboriginal word.
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 238
Mackness, Constance. Clump Point & District, 1970, p. 20
Coordinates:
17 35 S 145 36 E


Birch Street
Cairns. Manunda. Named after Alderman F. C. Birch, who was manager of Cummins and Campbell during the 1930s
Source:
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 65, July 1964
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bird Islands
Great Barrier Reef, Shelburne Bay. Named by Captain James Cook on 19 August 1770. "On these Isles we saw a good many birds which occasioned my calling them Bird Isles".
Source:
Cooktown Shire Library name list
Kenny, John. Before the First Fleet, 1995, p. 172
Coordinates:
11 42 S 143 05 E


Birdwing Place
Cairns. Caravonica/ Lake Placid. Named after the Cairns Birdwing butterfly
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bitwon Street
Tumoulin. Aboriginal word for the ring-tailed possum
Source:
Toohey, Edwina. Tumbling Waters, 1991, p. 49


Bizant River
Princess Charlotte Bay. Named for P. A. Bizant, who in May 1883 organised a syndicate to grow sugar in the area. Previously known as Saltwater River
Source:
Kerr, John. Northern Outpost, 1979, p. 21


Black Mountain
South west of Cooktown. Presumably so named because of the black colour of the huge granite boulders found here


Black Mountain Road
Kuranda. So named because it leads to Black Mountain
Coordinates:
16 49 S 145 38 E


Black's Road
Mareeba. Named around 1959 for the Black family who farmed at the end of this road
Source:
Thompson, Mary & Lorraine Townsend. Street Names of Mareeba: History Behind the Names. Mareeba: St Thomas School, 1994, p. 9
Coordinates:
17 00 S 145 26 E


Blackbull
Normanton railway. Named after a black bull found in a mob by William and Joseph Tate when mustering. Originally called Patterson's Siding, it was renamed in 1891. The railway reached here on 15 December 1890
Source:
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 97, April 1967
Knowles, J. W. Lonely Rails in the Gulf Country, 1993, p. 51


Blackburn Street
Ingham. Named for an Hinchinbrook Shire Councillor, R. Blackburn
Source:
Hinchinbrook Shire Council List
Coordinates:
18 39 S 146 10 E


Blackfellow Creek
Cairns. Previously known as Blackfellow's Creek. Named after the Indigenous inhabitants. As late as circa 1912 there were still two fringe camps here.
Source:
Cairns Historical Society Bulletin no. 219, February 1978
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Blackwell Creek
South of Cairns in the Mulgrave District. Named after Richard (Dick) Blackwell, a pioneer in the Gordonvale District. He took up the first land where Gordonvale is today. Originally known as Dry Gully or Dry Channel. Blackwell was the brother-in-law of the other pioneer in the district, William Saunders Alley. He arrived in the district in 1877, having previously been on the Palmer & Hodginson Goldfields as a carrier. He took up land near Riverstone, ran a coach to Cairns and became the proprietor of the Riverstone Hotel. It was on his land that the township of Gordonvale was laid out and the Gordonvale Mill site was a gift from him
Source:
Brown, V. North Queensland Place Names Origins, 1993, p. 9
Mulgrave Shire Historical Society Bulletin no 180, July 1995 & no 189, June 1996
Collinson, J. More About Cairns. 2. Echoes of the Past, 1945, p. 113


Blackwell Street
Gordonvale. Named after Richard (Dick) Blackwell, who married Sarah, daughter of William Saunders Alley. Blackwell was the brother-in-law of the other pioneer in the district, William Saunders Alley. He arrived in the district in 1877, having previously been on the Palmer & Hodginson Goldfields as a carrier. He took up land near Riverstone, ran a coach to Cairns and became the proprietor of the Riverstone Hotel. It was on his land that the township of Gordonvale was laid out and the Gordonvale Mill site was a gift from him
Source:
Collinson, J. More About Cairns. 2. Echoes of the Past, 1945, p. 113
Coordinates:
17 6 S 145 47 E


Blackwood Bank
Torres Strait. Named after Captain Francis Price Blackwood of the Fly
Source:
Nicholson, Ian. Via Torres Strait, 1996, p. 91


Blackwood Bay
Torres Strait. Named after Captain Francis Price Blackwood of the Fly
Source:
Nicholson, Ian. Via Torres Strait, 1996, p. 91
Coordinates:
10 38 S 142 38 E


Blackwood Channel
Great Barrier Reef. East of Shelburne Bay. Named after Captain Francis Price Blackwood of the Fly who conducted a detailed survey here in 1844
Source:
Nicholson, Ian. Via Torres Strait, 1996, p. 91
Coordinates:
11 45 S 143 47 E


Blackwood Island
Great Barrier Reef. One of the Flinders Group of Islands. Named after Captain Francis Price Blackwood of the Fly. The name was probably bestowed by the surveying ship HMS Dart in the 1890s
Source:
Nicholson, Ian. Via Torres Strait, 1996, p. 346


Blackwood Street
Innisfail. Named after a tree
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 19
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Blakeley's Landing
Tully district, on the Hull River. Commemorates the name of the early sugar planters in the district
Source:
Mackness, Constance. Clump Point & District, 1970, p. 62


Blencoe Falls
81 km west of Cardwell on the Blencoe Creek, a tributary of the Herbert River. Named after early pastoralist R. A. Blencoe, later of Lewis, Sussex, England
Source:
Jones, D. Cardwell Shire Story. Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961, p. 407


Bligh Channel
Torres Strait, off Badu Island. Originally named by William Bligh as Bligh's Farewell on 18 September 1792 because of his successful navigation through the dangerous reefs surrounding this passage & due to the fact that this was the passage by which he exited from the Torres Strait. Also known as Alligator Passage. Bligh's Farewell may have been a rock rather than a channel.
Source:
Jack, Robert Logan. Northmost Australia, 1921, p. 116
Coordinates:
10 04 S 142 02 E


Bligh Close
Cairns. Clifton Beach. Named after Bligh Reef, east of Cape Direction, which was named after William Bligh who passed here on 29 May 1789
Source:
Gill, J.C.H. The Missing Coast, 1988, p. 109
Coordinates:
16 55 S 145 46 E


Bligh Entrance
Torres Strait, between Anchor & Bramble Cays. Captain William Bligh discovered this channel on 31 August 1792
Source:
Nicholson, Ian. Via Torres Strait, 1996, p. 387


Bligh Reef
Great Barrier Reef, east of Cape Direction. Named after William Bligh who passed here on 29 May 1789
Source:
Gill, J.C.H. The Missing Coast, 1988, p. 109


Bligh's Boat Entrance
Great Barrier Reef. Found by Lieutenant William Bligh, & through which passage he brought the Bounty's launch on 28 May 1789
Source:
Nicholson, Ian. Via Torres Strait, 1996, p. 388
Coordinates:
12 51 S 143 49 E


Bligh's Farewell
See Bligh Channel


Bliss Street
Innisfail. Named after Robert Bliss, Shire Chairman, 1924-1927
Source:
Robertson, Val and Alf Martinuzzi. Street names of Innisfail. Innisfail and District Historical Society vol 12, 1996, p. 21
Coordinates:
17 32 S 146 2 E


Bloomfield
South of Cooktown. Named after the Bloomfield River which was originally named Blomfield's Rivulet by Mr. Bedwell, a member of captain Phillip Parker King's party of 1819
Source:
Cooktown Shire Library name list


Bloomfield River
North of the Daintree, South of Cooktown. Named by Captain Phillip King in June 1819. According to the Northerner it was named after Edwin Bloomfield, a pastoralist of Meriam Vale, but this is incorrect. The original name was Blomfield's Rivulet, bestowed by Frederick Bedwell of King's party in June 1819, who discovered the river.
Source:
Jones, D. Trinity Phoenix: a History of Cairns. Cairns Post, 1976, p. 5
The Northerner vol 1 no 1, April/May 1980, p. 22
Horden, Marsden. King of the Australian Coast, 1997, p. 173
Coordinates:
15 56 S 145 21 E


Bluefish Point
See Kiwain
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