Cairns North

Cairns North is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.

Cairns North is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Cairns North had a population of 5,191 people.

Cairns North is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.Edge Hill State School opened in Cairns North on 19 February 1917. It was renamed Cairns North State School in 1939 (just prior to the opening of a separate Edge Hill State School in neighbouring suburb of Edge Hill in 1940). Cairns North State School closed on 31 December 2004. The school was 381 Sheridan Street (16.9021°S 145.7562°E? / -16.9021; 145.7562? (Cairns North State School (former))).Cairns State High School opened on 28 January 1924, having commenced operation as an annex to Cairns Central State School in 1917.Mother of Good Counsel School opened on 29 March 1936 with 19 students, after Father Phelan (an Augustinian priest) saw the need for Catholic education in the area. The school was operated by the Sisters of Mercy.The North Cairns parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns was established in 1952.Although Cairns North has a beach, in 1962 concerns about marine stingers in the seawater resulted in the establishment of the Tobruk Memorial swimming pool (not to be confused with the similarly named pool in Townsville).In the 2016 census Cairns North had a population of 5,191 people.