Einasleigh
Two hundred and twenty kilometres southwest of Innisfail on the eastern edge of the Newcastle Range, Einasleigh takes its name from the river named by Frank and Alexander Jardine in 1864.
However, the township is located on the Copperfield River, just upstream from its junction with the Einasleigh.
The Copperfield Gorge, across the road from the Einasleigh Hotel, marks the southeastern boundary of the Undara lava field, where the river has cut down through a lava fissure.
Einasleigh was also the name of the area's first local-government division (1879). It subsequently became the Einasleigh Shire, and the name changed to Etheridge in 1919.
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Copperfield Gorge
Copperfield River
Einasleigh Hotel
Einasleigh River
Einasleigh Shire
Etheridge Shire
Frank and Alexander Jardine
Innisfail
Newcastle Range
Undara lava field
