Cairns Cenotaph

Cairns Cenotaph is a monument in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland. Cairns Cenotaph is situated nearby to the outdoor gym Cairns Esplanade Fitness Station (Green Gym), as well as near the public aquarium Cairns Aquarium.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cairns Hospital and Cairns Control Room.

Cairns Hospital

Hospital

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Cairns Hospital, known as the Cairns Base Hospital between 1932 and 2013, is the largest major hospital in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located at 165 The Esplanade, Cairns North, Cairns. Cairns Hospital is situated 1 km northwest of Cairns Cenotaph.

Cairns Control Room

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Cairns Control Room is a heritage-listed military building at Grafton Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1942 by the Queensland Department of Public Works. Cairns Control Room is situated 470 metres southwest of Cairns Cenotaph.

HMAS Cairns

Military installation

Photo: Fosnez, Public domain.

HMAS Cairns is a Royal Australian Navy base located adjacent to the Trinity Inlet on the shore of Trinity Bay in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Although used regularly as a port-of-call since before World War II, a permanent RAN presence was not established until 1971, when a maintenance and support base for patrol boats was set up. HMAS Cairns is situated 2 km south of Cairns Cenotaph.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cairns City and Parramatta Park.

Cairns City

Suburb

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Cairns City is a coastal suburb at the centre of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as the Cairns Central Business District. In the 2021 census, Cairns City had a population of 3,616 people.

Parramatta Park

Suburb

Parramatta Park is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Parramatta Park had a population of 3,621 people.

Cairns North

Suburb

Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cairns North is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cairns North had a population of 5,334 people.

Cairns Cenotaph

Type: Monument
Category: historic site
Location: Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-16.91737° or 16° 55′ 3″ south

Longitude

145.77537° or 145° 46′ 31″ east

Open location code

5RM73QMG+34

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13097625152

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cairns Esplanade Fitness Station (Green Gym) and Cairns Aquarium.

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