Cassowary Coast Region
The Cassowary Coast Region is a local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns, centred on the towns of Innisfail, Cardwell, and Tully. It was created in 2008 from a merger of Cardwell and Johnstone Shires.
Both former shires were originally part of the Hinchinbrook Division, one of the seventy-four Divisions created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879. The Johnstone Division split away from Hinchinbrook in October 1881; Cardwell followed in January 1884. Both became shires at the end of March 1903.
Although the 2007 Local Government Reform Commission report recommended that Cardwell and Johnstone merge, Cardwell was particularly opposed because Johnstone was rated as "financially distressed", and the Queensland government had recently sacked its council. Still, the amalgamation proceeded, coming into effect on 15 March 2008.
The Cassowary Coast Region includes the following localities:
Greater Innisfail area:
Innisfail
Belvedere
Cullinane
Eaton
East Innisfail
Eubenangee (shared with Cairns Region)
Goondi
Goondi Bend
Goondi Hill
Hudson
Innisfail Estate
Jubilee Heights
Mighell
Palmerston (shared with Tablelands Region)
Ngatjan (shared with Cairns Region)
South Innisfail
Sundown
Webb
Wooroonooran (shared with Cairns Region and Tablelands Region)
Greater Tully area:
Tully
Birkalla
Dingo Pocket
Silky Oak
Cardwell area:
Cardwell
Carruchan
Bilyana
Bulgun
Cardstone
Carmoo
Coquette Point
Damper Creek
Djiru
East Feluga
Ellerbeck
Euramo
Feluga
Hull Heads
Jarra Creek
Jumbun
Kennedy
Lower Tully
Lumholtz
Merryburn
Midgenoo
Murray Upper
Murrigal
Rockingham
South Mission Beach
Tam O'Shanter
Tully Heads
Walter Hill
Wongaling Beach
Johnstone area:
Basilisk
Bingil Bay
Camp Creek
Comoon Loop
Coconuts
Coorumba
Cowley
Daradgee
East Palmerston
El Arish
Etty Bay
Fitzgerald Creek
Flying Fish Point
Garners Beach
Garradunga
Germantown
Gulngai
Japoonvale
Kurrimine Beach
Maria Creeks
Mena Creek
Midgeree Bar
Mission Beach
Moresby
Mourilyan
Mourilyan Harbour
Mundoo
New Harbourline
Silkwood
South Johnstone
Vasa Views
Wangan
