A Listing of Place Names around Innisfail, Far North Queensland

See also Streets and Roads Ainscow's Lookout Alice River Alligator Point Named after the Engineer in charge of the North Coast Railway Construction.(5)

Near Daradgee. Named in 1872 probably by Moresby after Sub-Inspector Armit of the Native Armit Creek Mounted Police at Cardwell.(5) Flows into the Moresby River at Mourilyan Harbour. Babinda Aboriginal for "lots of water" or "plenty rain". Town north of Innisfail. Baldy Knob Common local name for "Thompson's Point".(7) Tributary of the South Johnstone River named by George Elphinstone Bamboo Creek Dalrymple in 1873, because of the native bamboo.(5)(6)(8 25Mar1948 pg4) An island in the Johnstone River, named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873, because Banana Island of the wild bananas.(5)(6) Barnard Islands Named in 1891 by Captain Phillip Parker King, sailing in the "Mermaid". Range to the south of Innisfail named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873, after Basilisk Range Moresby's boat HMS Basilisk.(6) The original name for what is now South Johnstone. Named about 1917 by the Basilisk township Lands Department after the nearby Range of the same name.(5) Bay Hill Named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873.(5) Named in 1882 by Christie Palmerston 'after a Melbourne friend' possibly a Beatrice River sister.(5) Between Innisfail and Millaa Millaa Bellenden Ker Range Named in 1819 by Captain Phillip Parker King of the 'Mermaid' after John Bellenden Ker School Bellenden Ker esq.(5)(6) The Primary School is still functioning. The hill between Clump Point and Bingil Bay. Named about 1888 by the Bicton Cutten Family after Bicton Hills in England.(5)

Bingil Bay Bombeeta Boogan Boogan School Bradshaw Island Bramston Beach Brown's Beach Callendar Park Camp Point Canal Creek Ceder Creek Clare's Gully Clump Mountain Clump Point Cooper Point Coorumba Coorumba School Coquette Point

Cowley

Cowley Falls Crawford's Lookout Crocodile Rock Currajah Dallachy Creek Daradgee Daradgee School Upper Daradgee School Davidson Creek Dinner Creek

Aboriginal word meaning "a good camping ground".(5) Aboriginal for possibly a vine found in the area.(4) A farming area between Mena Creek and Japoonvale. Aboriginal for "forest country".(4) Aboriginal word of the Mamu dialect(6) meaning "native dog".(5) A small township between Mourilyan and South Johnstone. The school on Kate Boylan Road closed many years ago. In the Moresby River near Mourilyan Harbour. East of Mirriwinni. North of Double Point and south of Robinson's Beach. The original Johnstone River Showgrounds, now a sports reserve. Named after Mr W. J. Callendar whose party surveyed Innisfail and most of North Queensland in the 1880's. Just inside Mourilyan Harbour on the southern side, where Dalrymple's expedition pitched their tents in 1873. Named in 1872, possibly by Moresby.(5) North of Innisfail. Named during the Chinese banana days because of locks.(5) About 18 miles west of Innisfail named after F. J. Ceder who was a member of an Australian Group Settlement there. Gold field in the Daradgee area. Named in the 1880's after Robert Clare, a prospector.(5) Named by Capt. Owen Stanley of the "Rattlesnake" in 1848.(5) Between Bingil Bay and North Mission Beach, pioneered by the Cutten Brothers in 1885. Named by Capt. Owen Stanley of the "Rattlesnake" in 1848.(5) Named by Captain Phillip Parker King.(6) Anglicised "Gturumba", aboriginal for a local tree.(4) A farming area between Pin Gin Hill and Nerada. The school has long since closed. The southern point of the Johnstone River mouth. Named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873 after one of the cutters used in his expedition.(5)(7) A community and beach between Silkwood and Moresby. Named after Sir Alfred Sandlings Cowley MLA for the district at the turn of the twentieth century(4)(6), Speaker of Queensland Parliament. Member for Herbert 1886 1906.(5) On the Jordan Goldfield, named after Sir Alfred Cowley MLA., Speaker of Queensland Parliament. On the Palmerston Highway, named after Victor G. Crawford, one time Shire Engineer.(5) Named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple. Aboriginal for "running water".(4)(5) Very popular Swimming Hole hole near Wangan. South of Tully, named after the botanist in the Dalrymple expedition to Cardwell in 1864. Anglicised "Daraji" being aboriginal for "burial ground".(4)(5) or "burial place"(6)Community on the northern bank of the North Johnstone River. The Daradgee School, long closed as a Primary School, is now an Environmental Centre run by Queensland Education. The Upper Daradgee School has ceased to function. South of Tully, named after John Ewan Davidson who was to build a mill at Tully but changed his mind after witnessing flooding in the area.

Named by Capt. Cook on Jun 9, 1770.(5)(6)(8 25Mar1948 pg4) South of Mourilyan Double Point Harbour, Robinson's Beach and Brown's Beach, near the mouth of Liverpool Creek. Named in 1882 by Christie Palmerston for Sub-Inspector Alexander Douglas Douglas Creek Douglas of the Native Mounted Police.(5) Downey Creek Named after A. P. Downey, an early settler of the area.(5) Name brought to the soldiers settlement between Tully and Silkwood by the Diggers who served in WWI. The streets of El Arish are named after highEl Arish ranking officers in WWI. Named about 1922 after a Light Horse Supply Depot in the Canal Zone 1914-18 war.(5) Ella Bay North of Flying Fish Point. Esmeralda Hill Named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple.(5) Named in 1872 by Moresby.(5) Between Walter Creek and Armit Creek west Ethel Hill of Mourilyan Harbour. Etty Bay One of Australia's most beautiful beaches. Eubenangee Small Community, and environmental swamp north of Daradgee. Aboriginal Eubenangee School for "big swamp".(4) The school on Eubenangee Road closed many years ago. Named after Evelyn Station, which was named after Evelyn, wife of F. Evelyn Tableland Stubby, MLA.(5) Named after Rupert Fenby, and early Mission Beach settler.(5) Between El Fenby's Gap Arish and Mission Beach. Fisher's Creek Possibly named after Henry Fisher and early day jockey and horseman.(5) This school, which no longer exists, was on No.1 Branch at South Johnstone, Floriana School and was named after a military hospital in Malta where many Australian soldiers were nursed during WWI.(8 25Mar1948 pg4) The northern point of the Johnstone River mouth. Named by G. E. Dalrymple Flying Fish Point in 1873 after one of the cutters used in his expedition.(7) The Primary School is Flying Fish Pt School still functioning. Named in the 1880's after E. B. Forrest of the C.S.R. Company.(5) A small Forrest Island island in the Johnstone River near Banana Island. Community between Daradgee and Eubenangee. Aboriginal for "feasting place on a ridge".(4)(5) Garra (a feasting place), "Dunga" (a ridge)(6) In 1924, it was Garradunga the scene of a banquet celebrating the completion and opening of the North Johnstone River Rail Bridge, and making a through connection from Cairns to Brisbane.(6) Named in 1872 by Moresby.(5) Hill on southern side of entrance to Mourilyan Georgie Hill Harbour. The original name given to the Township by the Surveyor-General in 1883, in Geraldton honour of its founder, Thomas H. Fitzgerald.(5) It was changed to Innisfail in 1910. The mouth of the Johnstone River given by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873 to retain Glady's Inlet the connection to the name given to the river by Moresby. Original name given by Moresby to Shoal Rivulet, named after the ship's boat of the HMS Basilisk in 1871- later renamed the Johnstone River by G. E. Glady's River Dalrymple. [Named in 1872 by Moresby after the boat used by Lieut. Smith.(5)] Goodman Point or Northern Point at entrance to Mourilyan Harbour. [Goodman Rock - Named in Goodman Rock 1872 by Moresby after the surgeon of the 'Basilisk'.(5)] Goolboo Aboriginal for "magpie".(4)(5) Goondi The area north-west of the town, where the CSR built the Goondi Sugar Mill.

Goondi School

Goondi Hill

Gracey Creek

Graham Range Hall Point or Hall Rock Hayter Point Heath Point Henrietta Creek Hilda Hill Hudson Hugh Nelson Range Humbug Point Inarlinga

Innisfail

Innisfail Estate Innishowen Jaffa Japoonvale Jogo Siding

"Goondi" was the aboriginal name for the area meaning "big bend" or "bent elbow", referring to the bend in the North Johnstone River. First referred to by this name in correspondence from J. M. Knox from CSR, dated 18 Mar 1885. The suburb retains the name today.(3) Named about 1883 by the Manager of the C.S.R. Co.'s Mill, C. E. Adams. It is thought to be the aboriginal word for elbow.(5) The Primary School originally was on Goondi Mill Road, near the CSR Mill. After a new school with the same name was built in Maple Street, the old school became the Innisfail & District Education Centre. It has since ceased operation, and the building stands empty. Hill just to the west of Innisfail CBD. Used as a picnic spot in the early days before a cutting was made in it for the roadway, and the rest subdivided. Near Innisfail, named after Mary Gracey, one of the original Sisters of Mercy Land Selectors.(5) who, with Florence Honoria O'Reilly, Georgina Mullaney and Kate Boylan, took up 1280 acres scrub selections on the Johnstone River in trust for the Sisters of Mercy in Brisbane in the year 1880, when the Hon. T. H. Fitzgerald decided to build his sugar mill. These lands were subsequently subdivided and sold. The proceeds of the sale were used in building the Mater Misericordia Hospital in South Brisbane.(8 25Mar1948 pg4) North of Innisfail, named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873, in honour of the late Honourable, the Secretary for Public Lands. Hall Rock named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple after his boatman.(5) Southern Entrance to Mourilyan Harbour on the Sea Side. Named in 1872 by Moresby after Lieut. Hayter of the 'Basilisk'.(5) North of Flying Fish Point, named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873, after Captain G. P. Heath, RN, Postmaster of the colony.(5) On the Jordan Goldfield, named in 1882(5) by Christie Palmerston in honour of one of his family. A great National Parks camping area is beside the Palmerston Highway on the banks of Henrietta Creek. Named in 1872 by Moresby.(5) Western suburb named after G. F. Hudson.(4)(5) Named by George Phillips in 1898.(5) In use since the 1880's, probably a kanaka boatman naming because of contrary winds.(5) A point in the Johnstone River, upstream from Coquette Point.(7) Community at Cowley Beach. Anglicised "Indajingli" being aboriginal for "place for foot running".(4) Derived from one of the Irish melodies of the poet Thomas Moore, who, in his poem "Innisfail" - the Isle of Destiny - commemorates the arrival in Ireland of the ancient Milesian people from Corunna in Spain about 1700BC. The town name was changed from "Geraldton" in 1910, but still honoured Fitzgerald, as this was the name of his sugar plantation. The selection of the first sugar plantation by Fitzgerald in 1880. It was named after his homeland, Ireland. The area retains the name today. An early sugar growing selection. The area is now the suburb of East/South Innisfail. Named after a place in Palestine of interest in World War II.(4) WWI(5) Township on Liverpool Creek. Japoon is anglicised "Japun", being the name of the local aboriginal tribe.(4) Originally named Moody, then Bessie.(5) Community to the north of Innisfail. Aboriginal for "Tree with red berries".(4)(5)

Named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple after Sub-Inspector Robert Arthur Johnstone of the Native Mounted Police, who explored the river.(4)(5)(7) Jordan Creek Gold field near the North Johnstone River on the Palmerston Highway. Junction Point Another name for The Junction. Jurs Gap Named after Surveyor Martin Jurs.(5) A surveyor's marking, marked by W. J. Callendar who was working in the area "K" Tree in the 1890's.(5) On the old Palmerston Highway, erroneously thought to be marked by explorer Kennedy. Area near Pin Gin Hill. Anglicised "galbu" being aboriginal for "butcher Kalbo bird".(4) Katie River Named by Christie Palmerston in 1882. The name is no longer in use.(5) Siding on the Mourilyan Harbour tramline. Named from when a claim was Keepit Siding made against Henry Noone for timber he had felled in 1906.(2) Result of a quibble over the ownership of the nearby land by Chapman and Perrier.(5) Near Cardwell, named after Edmund Kennedy who explored Cardwell to Kennedy Creek Cape York in 1848. King Reef Named by Captain Phillip Parker King.(6) Kurrimine Beach south of Innisfail. Aboriginal for "sunrise".(4)(5) Lily Island In Moresby River near Mourilyan Harbour. Named in 1879 and it is suggested that it was so called because of the ship 'Liverpool' associated with the discovery of the massacre of the men of the Liverpool Creek 'Riser' in the vicinity.(5) OR bears the name of the Earl of Liverpool, formerly British Prime Minister,(8 25Mar1948 pg4) Louisa River Name used in the 1870's for Maria Creek.(5) Maadi Named after a place in Palestine of interest in World War II.(4) WWI(5) McHugh Bridge Named in the 1930's after R. McHugh, then Chairman of the Eacham Shire.(5) Between the head of the Nerada Line across the North Johnstone to Towalla, McMillan's Track named in honour of John McMillan of Ravenshoe, who prospected for gold in that region. Named after the brigantine "Maria" wrecked on coral off Innisfail in 1871.(?) Always held by the Johnstone family to honour R. A. Johnstone's wife, it was possibly named by Dalrymple. Howver, it is stated by Johnstone in one place Maria Creek that it was so named because the Captain of the brig "Maria" was murdered there. As Johnstone himself made the official report of the murder as taking place at Tam O'Shanter Point, some 25 miles away, and every contemporary report on investigations agree, the latter suggestion is unacceptable.(5) Between Mourilyan and Moresby; named after A. F. Marty, an early resident Martyville in the area.(4) Mazlin's Camp An 1880's naming after T. Mazlin, a cedar getter.(5) South west of Innisfail. Location of Paronella Park. Part of Stewarts Creek, Mena Creek named in honour of Philomena "Mena" Noone, daughter of Henry Augustus Mena Creek School Noone, the original settler of this district.(2)(5)(8 25Mar1948 pg4) The Primary School still continues to function. Mighell Southern suburb named after Sir Norman Mighell.(4)(5) Miriwinni/Mirriwinni Township south of Babinda. Aboriginal for "mountain rock".(4) The Primary Miriwinni School School still continues to function. In the Mena Creek area, it was named in 1882, after W. H. Miskin an early Miskins Creek Stewarts Creek landowner.(8 25Mar1948 pg4) Named after A. E. Miskin who settled land nearby in 1883.(5) Mission Beach (South) East of Tully. Named after the Hull River Mission built in 1914 and destroyed Johnstone River

Moresby Moresby School Moresby Range Moresby River Mound Islet Mourilyan Mourilyan School Mourilyan Creek Mourilyan Harbour Mt. Annie Mt. Arthur Mt. Arthur Scott Mt. Bartle Frere Bartle Frere School Mt. Edna Mt. Father Clancy Mt. Julia Mt. Maria Mt. Myrtle Mt. Teresa Mt. Tippet Mt. Tyson Mulgrave River Mundoo Mundoo School Murdering Point

Musgrave Myer's Siding County of Nares Narragon Beach

in the 1918 cyclone. Township south of Mourilyan. Named after Captain Moresby, commander of the Basilisk.(4) The Primary School still continues to function. Coastal range to the south of Innisfail, named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873 after Captain Moresby.(5). Named in 1872 by Captain John Moresby after himself.(5) Flows into Mourilyan Harbour. Now locally known as Purtaboi. It was named in 1848 by Owen Stanley of the 'Rattlesnake'.(5) Township south of Innisfail. Named in 1872 by Captain John Moresby(6), after Lieutenant Mourilyan, second in command of the "Basilisk".(4) The Primary School still continues to function. Flows into Moresby River south of Mourilyan Harbour. Named in 1872 by Captain John Moresby after Navigating Lieutenant Mourilyan of the 'Basilisk'.(5)(6) Innisfail's harbour to the south of the town. Named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873 for R. A. Johnstone's daughter.(5) Named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873 for R. A. Johnstone's son.(5) Named after the first owner of the Valley of Lagoons in 1864. The highest mountain in Queensland, named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873.(6)(7) Named after Sir Bartle Frere [of Indian and Zanzibar fame(5)], President of the Royal Geographical Society. Reference (4) says it was named by Captain Cook. The Primary School still continues to function. Named by Surveyor Harding about 1920 after Edna Rose.(5) South of Millaa Millaa, was named about 1918 in honour of Rev. Father Michael Clancy, parish priest of Innisfail for 35 years.(5) Named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple.(5) Named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple after R. A. Johnstone's wife.(5) Named about 1918 after the wife of Staff Surveyor Harding.(5) Named about 1886 by Christie Palmerston after Teresa Rooney, whom he married.(5) A soldier settlement south of El Arish named in honour of W. H. Tippet who lived at The Grange on the North Johnstone River. He had originally been an early day drover for A.W.D. White of Bluff Downs.(5) Near Tully, bears the name of James Tyson, a millionaire pastoralist, who took up 20,000 acres in Tully to build a mill there. North of Innisfail, passing through Gordonvale and Deeral. Southern suburb containing the airport. Anglicised "Mundubara"being aboriginal for a local tree. The Primary School still continues to function. Marks the spot where survivors from the "Maria" were killed by wild aborigines.(?) The naming arose in 1878 after the massacre of the men of the 'Riser'.(5) Now known as Kurrimine Beach, although the road to Kurrimine is still called Murdering Point Road. Once the official name for the township of Flying Fish Point. It was named Musgrave in 1883 after the then Governor of the Colony, Sir Anthony Musgrave.(5) Officially renamed Flying Fish Point in 1961(7) A siding on the South Johnstone Tramway, named after Myers, a farmer supplying the South Johnstone Sugar Mill.(8 25Mar1948 pg4) Named after Commander Nares of HMS Salamandar in 1867. Adopted from Narragon, the aboriginal name used by J. Unsworth for his

property.(5) Farming community west of Innisfail, made well-known for "Nerada Nerada Tea". Aboriginal for "quiet valley".(4) Tributary of the Johnstone River, named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple(6)(7) after P. H. Nind, a man on a private expedition to seek sugar lands who sailed in Nind's Creek company with the Dalrymple expedition as far as the Johnstone River exploration.(5)(8 25Mar1948 pg4) The first white campsite, comprising G. E. Dalrymple and his expedition, at Nind's Junction Camp the junction of the North and South Johnstone Rivers. Observation Hill Named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple.(5) Old Police Camp On the site where the Sugar Experimental Station now exists. Oswald's Track Named about 1917 after Oswald, a veteran range track explorer.(5) West of Innisfail, is named in the 1880's in honour of the explorer Christie Palmerston Rock Palmerston.(5) Palmerston Creek Named perhaps by Palmerston himself in the 1880's.(5) Named after J. Paronella who established the park.(5) Now it is a successful Paronella Park tourist attraction. Community south of Miriwinni. Anglicised aboriginal name. The name was Pawngilly changed in 1926 from "moolaba" being aboriginal for "big hill".(4) It is near the foothills of Mt Bartle Frere. The Innisfail Showgrounds and Race Track, named after Hon. Percy Pease, Pease Park MLA, deputy Premier of Queensland and Minister for Lands. Named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple after John Perry, a boatman for his Perry Rock expedition.(5) Near Daradgee, bears the name of a small ship which ran aground opposite Polly Creek Alligator Point, in the North Johnstone River, and became a total wreck.(8
25Mar1948 pg4)

Porter's Creek Quatia Queensland Estate Raffa Ramleh Richards Island Robertson's Beach Robinson's Beach Rosina Creek Russell River Sabine Range Scheu Creek Sea Point

Named after the Porter brothers, early Mission Beach settlers.(5) A Soldier's Settlement naming from the Palestine Campaign.(5) An early sugar growing selection and site of the Queensland Sugar Mill. The area is remembered by the Queensland Bridge which crosses the South Johnstone River at Comoon. Named after a place in Palestine of interest in World War II.(4) Named after a place in Palestine of interest in World War II.(4) WWI(5) Near Dunk Island, bears the name of Captain Richards of the Royal Navy who surveyed Rockingham Bay in 1863. South of Mourilyan Harbour, named after J. Robertson (Robinson?), an early manager of Mourilyan Mill. On the Jordan Goldfield, named by Christie Palmerston in honour of one of his family. North of Innisfail. Named in 1873 by R. A. Johnstone after Lieutenant Sabben of the 'Basilisk'. Moresby always used the spelling Sabben while Johnstone's police boat named after him eventually became the 'Sabrina'.(5) Between South Johnstone and Wangan, named after Heinrich Gottfried Scheu, the first settler in the Innisfail area, at Stockton in 1880.(5)(8 25Mar1948 pg4) The area where Thomas Henry Fitzgerald's expedition party camped in April 1880, now known as Flying Fish Point.(14) The Kanaka naming of the 1880's for Flying Fish Point.(5)

Seaforth Valley Seymour Range Shaw's Corner Shoal Rivulet Shoalhaven Silkwood Silkwood School Smith's Gap Stapleton Creek Stewart's Creek

Stockton Stockton Racecourse Stratvell Stratvell School

Sundown Sweeney's Creek Tam O'Shanter Point The Coconuts The Junction Tompson Point Tully River Vic Sivyer Bridge Victory Creek Walter Creek Walter Hill Range

Named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple.(5) South of Georgie Hill, on the southern side of the Mourilyan Harbour entrance. Coastal range to the north of Innisfail, named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873.(7) Named after the Commissioner of Police.(5) Named after F. E. Shaw, an early businessman.(5) The early name for the Johnstone River.(5)(6) The early name for Mourilyan Harbour.(5)(6) South of Innisfail, it took its name in 1902 from A. J. Daveson's homestead which was constructed of Silkwood timber, a species of Maple.(?) - Queensland Olive(6) The name given by A. J. Daveson for his selection about 1902. This was later adopted for the Post Office and settlement.(5) The Primary School still continues to function. Named about 1915 after Railway Surveyor W. R. Smith.(5) Named in 1882 by Christie Palmerston after H. M. Stapleton, the first Chairman of the Divisional Board.(5) 12 miles from Innisfail. Now the lower reaches of Mena Creek, originally it was the name for Mena Creek.(?) Probably named in 1879 by T. H. Fitzgerald after J. J. Stewart, an early cedar getter who accompanied him on that trip.(5) F. N. A. L. Stamp's name for his original selection of 1800.(5) An area on the South Johnstone River where Stamp and Scheu settled. The first permanent settlement in the district. Stockton Road indicates the area today. At Stockton in1884. West of Japoonvale. Named after Stratford and Cavell: Sergeant Joe Stratford from Japoon was the first Australian soldier to land at Gallipoli in 1915, and Nurse Edith Cavell was an English nurse who was shot by the German army firing squad in Belgium for assisting escaped British soldiers also in 1915. The school has closed.(8 25Mar1948 pg4) A Kanaka naming from 1880's as 'sun go down' by the time the Kanaka boatmen reached this point.(5)(7) An early sugar growing selection. A northern suburb retains this name today. Flows across the centre of Edith Street and into Bamboo Creek; named about 1885 after Samuel Sweeney, an early settler who lived in the area.(5) Named by Owen Stanley in 1848 after the barque which conveyed the Kennedy expedition north.(5) Up river from Flying Fish Point, this area was originally a coconut plantation pioneered by Dr. Malone.(7) An early sugar growing selection in the area of the original Nind's Junction Camp, renamed when Fitzgerald's settlement began. The area is now the eastern end of Edith Street and public wharves. Now spelt Thompson. Named by G. E. Dalrymple in 1873 after Sub-Inspector Tompson.(5) Known locally for many years as "Baldy Knob".(7) Named after first Land Commissioner at Cardwell in 1864. Named to honour Mr. V. Sivyer, a councillor and prominent citizen.(5) Sometimes known as Alligator Creek. It was named in Fitzgerald's day after the ship 'Victory' which it was claimed could navigate the creek.(5) Named in 1872 by Moresby.(5) Flows into the Moresby River at Mourilyan Harbour. South of Innisfail, the range sweeps down to Tam O'Shanter Point. Named in 1873 by G. E. Dalrymple after Walter Hill, the government botanist on board his expedition.(5)(6)

Walter Lever Estate Walter Lever School Wangan Warrabullen Waugh's Pocket Webb Whing Creek Winton Campbell Bridge Woopen Creek Wright Park Wylie's Siding

Near Silkwood, it is named after an early landholder there.(5) The school has long since closed - the derelict remains of the building are still there. Township between Innisfail and South Johnstone. Aboriginal for "crow".(4)(5)(6) Community between Moresby and Silkwood. Aboriginal name for Liverpool Creek.(5) Named after a pioneer farmer.(5) Eastern suburb named after Shire Chairman E. H. Webb.(4) Named about 1918. It is a combination of the names of Railway Surveyor Whish and Staff Surveyor Harding.(5) Named about 1935 after Surveyor W. W. Campbell.(5) To the north of Innisfail, flows into the Russell River. High population of Cassowaries. Named after A. Wright, the man closely associated with its establishment.(5) A siding on the South Johnstone Tramway, near Japoonvale/Mena Creek, named after Wylie, a farmer supplying the South Johnstone Sugar Mill.(8
25Mar1948 pg4)

References: (1) "Innisfail State School, A History of the School and the District, 1 July 1887 - 1987" (2) "Radiant Green, the Story of H. A. Noone, Pioneer of Innisfail, N.Q." by Mena Fallon, Pinevale Publications, 1990 (3) "The History of Colonial Sugar Refinery's Goondi Mill 1881 to 1987" by Mrs V. J. Robertson and Mr John Guglielmi, in "Innisfail & District Historical Society, 1991, Vol. 7" (4) "Places and After Whom They are Named" and "Aboriginal Names and Their Meanings" in "Innisfail & District Historical Society, 1991, Vol. 7" (5) "Hurricane Lamps and Blue Umbrellas - The Story of the Shire of Johnstone, North Queensland" by Dorothy Jones 1973 (6) "Johnstone Shire" and other Roneo'd sheets on Innisfail. Date estimated about 1973. (7) "The Johnstone River" by R. A. Ovenden 2004 Ronald Ovenden. (8) "Townsville Daily Bulletin"