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Cairns

HMAS Cairns

HMAS Cairns is a Royal Australian Navy base located adjacent to the on the shore of in , , 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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cairns Hospital and Cairns Control Room.

Hospital
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, known as the Cairns Base Hospital between 1932 and 2013, is the largest major hospital in , Australia. It is located at 165 The Esplanade, Cairns North, . is situated 3 km northwest of HMAS Cairns.

Building
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is a heritage-listed military building at Grafton Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, , Australia. It was built in 1942 by the Queensland Department of Public Works. is situated 2 km north of HMAS Cairns.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portsmith and Cairns City.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the Cairns Region, , Australia. In the 2021 census, had a population of 314 people.

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

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

HMAS Cairns

Latitude
-16.93603° or 16° 56′ 10″ south
Longitude
145.77827° or 145° 46′ 42″ east
Operator
Royal Australian Navy
Open location code
5RM73Q7H+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 521447519
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­base
Wiki­data ID
Q2886644
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Highlights include Wharf 10 and Wharf 12.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “HMAS Cairns”. Photo: Fosnez, Public domain.