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词条 Brinsmead, Queensland
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  1. Geography

  2. History

  3. Amenities

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Brinsmead
| city = Cairns
| state = Qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-16.9013|145.7147|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}}
| pop = 5,362
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes =[1]
| est = 1975
| postcode = 4870
| area = 5.4
| dist1 =
| dir1 =
| location1 =
| lga = Cairns Region
| stategov = Cairns
| fedgov = Leichhardt[1]
| near-n = Freshwater
| near-ne = Stratford
| near-e = Whitfield
| near-se = Kanimbla
| near-s = Redlynch
| near-sw = Redlynch
| near-w = Redlynch
| near-nw = Redlynch
}}Brinsmead is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Far North Queensland, Australia.[2] In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Brinsmead had a population of 5,362 people.[3]

Geography

Brinsmead is located {{convert|8|km|abbr=on}} west of the city centre of Cairns.

History

The suburb takes its name from the Brinsmead Gap, a topographical feature between the hills of the Whitfield Range, in turn named after Horace George Brinsmead, a sugar plantation owner at Freshwater who guided groups to see the Barron Falls, one of the first tourism ventures in the district.[4][5]

Amenities

Freshwater Christian College is located in Brinsmead.

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/qld/leichhardt.htm |title=Profile of the electoral division of Leichhardt (Qld) |date=23 September 2013 |accessdate=22 December 2014 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20132222101600/http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/qld/leichhardt.htm |archivedate=13 May 2018 |df=dmy-all }}
2. ^{{Cite QPN|48544|Brinsmead|suburb|accessdate=25 June 2017}}
3. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30379|name=Brinsmead (SSC)|accessdate=13 May 2018|quick=on}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/cairns-suburbs|title=Cairns Suburbs|publisher=University of Queensland Centre for the Government of Queensland|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729223549/http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/cairns-suburbs|archivedate=29 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.brinsmead.net/downunder/duhoracegeorge.htm|title=Horace George Brinsmead|last=|first=|date=2011|website=The Brinsmeads Down Under|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513072106/http://www.brinsmead.net/downunder/duhoracegeorge.htm|archive-date=13 May 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=13 May 2018|df=dmy-all}}

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Brinsmead, Queensland}}{{Cairns Region}}{{FarNorthQueensland-geo-stub}}

5 : Towns in Queensland|Suburbs of Cairns|1975 establishments in Australia|Populated places established in 1975|Cairns Region

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