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Kewarra Beach

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Cairns Regional Council QLD, PO Box 359, Kewarra Beach, QLD 4879
07 4044 3044

Description

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

Kewarra Beach is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 5,652.

History

Kewarra Beach is situated in the Djabugay (Tjapukai) traditional Aboriginal country.The origin of the suburb name is from an Aboriginal word 'kewarra', meaning 'at the foot

of the rainbow'.The area was primarily utilised for growing sugar cane until the suburb was developed in the 1970s and 90s. The western side of the highway was developed with a golf course (Paradise Palms) with housing to the north and south.Trinity Anglican School opened its Kewarra Beach campus in 2002.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +10:00

Area: 5.548 km2

Elevation: 4-10 metres

Town elevation: 10 m

Population number: 5,652

Local Government Area: Cairns Regional Council

Location

Cairns Regional Council QLD, PO Box 359, Kewarra Beach, QLD 4879

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Kewarra Beach, Queensland

Kewarra Beach - Localista

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