County of Nares


The county of Nares is a cadastral division of Queensland which contains the city of Cairns, Innisfail and most of the Atherton Tableland. The county is divided into civil parishes. It was named after George Nares, a naval officer and commander of. Cairns is mentioned as being in the county of Nares in the 1911 Britannica. It is bounded by the Daintree River in the north.

Parishes

Nares is subdivided into parishes, listed as follows:
ParishLGACoordinatesTowns
BarronTablelandsAtherton, Tolga
Bartle FrereTablelands
Bellenden KerCairnsBabinda, Bellenden [Ker, Queensland|Bellenden Ker], Miriwinni
CairnsCairnsCairns, Kuranda
DanbullaTablelands
DindenMareeba
DirranTablelandsTarzali, Millaa Millaa
DulanbanCairns
East BarronTablelandsYungaburra
FormartineMareeba
GadgarraTablelands
GladyCassowary [Coast Region|Cassowary Coast]Flying [Fish Point, Queensland|Flying Fish Point]
GraftonCairnsEdmonton, Gordonvale
HullCassowary CoastSilkwood, South [Mission Beach, Queensland|South Mission Beach], El Arish
JapoonCassowary CoastJapoon
JohnstoneCassowary CoastInnisfail, South Johnstone
JordanCassowary Coast
MalandaTablelandsMalanda
MonamonaMareeba
MourilyanCassowary CoastMourilyan, parts of Innisfail
PalmerstonCassowary Coast-
RussellCairnsBramston [Beach, Queensland|Bramston Beach]
SmithfieldTablelandsNorthern Beaches
SophiaCairnsAloomba
TinarooMareebaMareeba, Walkamin
TrinityCairnsYarrabah