County of Nares, Queensland

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Nares Queensland

Location within Queensland

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The County of Nares is a cadastral division of Queensland which contains the city of Cairns. It was named after George Nares (1831-1915), a naval officer and commander of the HMS Salamander.^[1] Cairns is mentioned as being in the county of Nares in the 1911 Britannica. ^[2] It is bounded by the Daintree River in the north.

[edit] Parishes within this county

Incomplete list of parishes:

Parish	LGA	Coordinates
Cairns	Shire of Mareeba	16°53′S 145°40′E / 16.883°S 145.667°E / -16.883; 145.667
Dinden	Shire of Mareeba	17°00′S 145°34′E / 17°S 145.567°E / -17; 145.567
Dulanban	Shire of Douglas	16°40′S 145°33′E / 16.667°S 145.55°E / -16.667; 145.55
Grafton	City of Cairns	17°05′S 145°44′E / 17.083°S 145.733°E / -17.083; 145.733
Hull	Shire of Johnstone	17°47′S 146°00′E / 17.783°S 146°E / -17.783; 146
Malanda	Shire of Eacham	17°22′S 145°37′E / 17.367°S 145.617°E / -17.367; 145.617
Mourilyan	Shire of Johnstone	17°37′S 146°03′E / 17.617°S 146.05°E / -17.617; 146.05
Smithfield	Shire of Mareeba	16°46′S 145°38′E / 16.767°S 145.633°E / -16.767; 145.633
Sophia	City of Cairns	17°07′S 145°52′E / 17.117°S 145.867°E / -17.117; 145.867
Tinaroo	Shire of Mareeba	17°04′S 145°25′E / 17.067°S 145.417°E / -17.067; 145.417
Trinity	City of Cairns	17°00′S 145°34′E / 17°S 145.567°E / -17; 145.567

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