Bartle Frere is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Bartle Frere had a population of 137 people.[1]

Bartle Frere Queensland
View across the canefields of Bartle Frere with Mount Bartle Frere in the distance, 2014
Bartle Frere
Coordinates	17°26′22″S 145°53′06″E
Population	137 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	8.25/km2 (21.38/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4861
Area	16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
LGA(s)	Cairns Region
State electorate(s)	Hill
Federal division(s)	Kennedy
Suburbs around Bartle Frere: Wooroonooran Wooroonooran Mirriwinni Wooroonooran Bartle Frere Eubenangee Woopen Creek Woopen Creek Woopen Creek

Geography

The locality of Bartle Frere lies to the south of Mount Bartle Frere. The locality is flat low-lying land (10–20 metres above sea level) and is freehold land used for farming, predominantly the growing of sugarcane. The Russell River forms the boundary to the locality to the south and east.[3]

The Bruce Highway forms the northern boundary of the locality with the North Coast railway line immediately parallel and adjacent to the north (so just outside the boundary of the locality in neighbouring Eubenangee).[3]

History

The locality takes its name from Mount Bartle Frere, which in turn was named after Sir Henry Bartle Frere, the president of the Royal Geographical Society, by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple on 30 September 1873.[2]

Bartle Frere State School opened on 30 January 1922.[4]

In the 2011 census, Bartle Frere had a population of 361 people.[5]

Education

Bartle Frere State School is a co-educational government primary school (P-6) at 29 Price Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[6]

References

Further reading

• Bartle Frere State School (1982), Bartle Frere State School, 1922 1982, diamond jubilee 3rd July, 1982, Bartle Frere State School, Jubilee Committee

External links

Media related to Bartle Frere, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons