:Gordonvale, Queensland

Gordonvale lies approximately {{convert|23|km|mi}} south of the Cairns central business district and is just east of the Gillies Range which leads to the Atherton Tableland.

The locality is bounded to the south-east by the Mulgrave River. The land is generally flat and low-lying (approx {{Convert|10|m||abbr=}} above sea level), but on the eastern, southern and western boundaries of the locality the land begins to rise sharply as the locality is surrounded by mountainous terrain formating part of a number of ranges: Islet Hills to the north-west, Lamb Range to the south-west, Bellenden Ker Range to the south, and Thompson Range to the east. The predominant land use in the locality is growing sugarcane.

The town of Gordonvale is on the Mulgrave River and is on the south-eastern edge of the locality. The Mulgrave Sugar Mill is on the western side of the town in Gordon Street.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=6 December 2020}}

The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south-east (Aloomba), bypasses the town centre to the west and then proceeds north to exit to Wrights Creek.

The North Coast railway line enters the locality from the south-east (Aloomba), passes through the town and then travels north through the locality to exit to Wrights Creek.{{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}} The town is served by the Gordonvale railway station which is located immediately adjacent to the sugar mill. The Kamma railway siding is just prior to the exit to Wrights Creek. The former Meringa railway station in the centre of the locality has been abandoned. There is an extensive network of cane tramways through the locality and beyond that deliver harvested sugarcane to the Mulgrave Sugar Mill.

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Gordonvale was established on Yidinji tribal land. Yidinji (also known as Yidinj, Yidiny, and Idindji) is an Australian Aboriginal language. Its traditional language region is within the local government areas of Cairns Region and Tablelands Region, in such localities as Cairns, Gordonvale, and the Mulgrave River, and the southern part of the Atherton Tableland including Atherton and Kairi.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/163|title=Yidinji|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=30 January 2020}}

British settlement began in 1877 with William Saunders Alley and Mr Blackwell and their families who cut a road through to Trinity Inlet so they could haul out cedar logs. It was called Plain Camp by Alley.{{Cite web|title=Our Area|url=https://mulgravesettlersmuseum.weebly.com/our-area.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205095124/https://mulgravesettlersmuseum.weebly.com/our-area.html|archive-date=5 December 2020|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Mulgrave Settlers Museum|language=en}}

In the Cairns area, a Chinese businessman, Andrew Leon, built the first sugar mill in 1882, named Pioneer Mill, and established the Hap Wah Plantation on {{convert|612|acre|km2}} of land.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

In 1890, the area became known as Mulgrave after the Mulgrave River. In 1896 it was named Nelson, named after Queensland Premier Sir Hugh Muir Nelson.{{cite news|date=15 May 1896|title=The Brisbane Courier|volume=LII|page=4|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=11,961|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3625621|access-date=5 December 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205232636/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3625621|url-status=live}} However this caused postal confusion with Nelson in New South Wales. On 24 January 1914 the town was officially renamed Gordonvale after John Gordon, a pioneer in the district who was a butcher, dairyman and grazier, and early director of Mulgrave Central sugar mill.

Mulgrave State School opened on 15 March 1897.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}} In 1914 it was renamed Gordonvale State School. On 28 March 1924 it became Gordonvale Rural School. In 1963 a secondary school department was added until a permanent secondary school was established, in 1965. On 1 January 1965 the primary school was renamed back to Gordonvale State School.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

On 20 April 1916, the Cane Beetles March commenced at Mooliba (now Mirriwinni). It was a snowball march to recruit men into the First Australian Imperial Force during World War I at a time when enthusiasm to enlist had waned after the loss of life in the Gallipoli campaign. The march began at Mooliba with 4 men, passing through Babinda, Aloomba, Gordonvale, and Edmonton, and ending in Cairns 60 kilometres later with 29 recruits.{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Harry |date=24 April 2015 |title='Cane Beetles March' mobilised farmers from Babinda to Cairns to join Australian Imperial Force in WWI |work=The Cairns Post |url=http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/cane-beetles-march-mobilised-farmers-from-babinda-to-cairns-to-join-australian-imperial-force-in-wwi/news-story/0a8ae960c7e562481b437f0e10ba17ee |access-date=9 March 2016}}{{cite news |date=1 April 1916 |title=CAIRNS NEWS. |page=5 (SECOND EDITION) |newspaper=Daily Standard |issue=1011 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article181544792 |accessdate=9 March 2016 |via=National Library of Australia}}

St Alphonsus Catholic School was established in Muir Street in 1923 by the Sisters of Mercy.{{cite news|date=20 September 1922|title=New School for Gordonvale.|volume=XXXVIII|page=5|newspaper=The Northern Herald|issue=494|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148537091|access-date=6 December 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205232616/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/148537091|url-status=live}} It was officially opened on Sunday 15 April 1923 by Bishop John Heavey.{{cite news|date=18 April 1923|title=Consecration of Scliool at Gordonvale.|volume=XXXV|page=4|newspaper=Cairns Post|issue=4551|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40184003|access-date=6 December 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205232553/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40184003|url-status=live}} A special excursion train was provided for people wishing to attend the ceremony.{{cite news|date=11 April 1923|title=Advertising|volume=XXXV|page=2|newspaper=Cairns Post|issue=4545|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40179161|access-date=6 December 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205232555/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40179161|url-status=live}} In December 1959 it was replaced by the St Michael's Catholic Primary School and the former school building became a parish hall. The Sisters of Mercy ended their involvement with the school in 1990 and it now operates under lay leadership.{{Cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.stmichael.qld.edu.au/about-us/our-history/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205212100/https://www.stmichael.qld.edu.au/about-us/our-history/|archive-date=2020-12-05|access-date=2020-12-05|website=St Michael's Catholic Primary School|date=28 March 2012|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web|date=2020-12-03|title=St Michael's School, Gordonvale|url=https://celebrate.qcec.catholic.edu.au/blog/st-michaels-school-gordonvale/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205214713/https://celebrate.qcec.catholic.edu.au/blog/st-michaels-school-gordonvale/|archive-date=2020-12-05|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Celebrating 175 Catholic Education|language=en-AU}}

Little Mulgrave State School opened on 26 July 1926 and closed on 21 February 1964.

On Sunday 15 July 1934, the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Filippo Bernardini laid the foundation stone for a new Catholic Church.{{cite news|date=16 July 1934|title=EDUCATION SYSTEM PRAISED|page=15|newspaper=The Courier-mail|issue=275|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36724648|access-date=20 November 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205232616/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36724648|url-status=live}} On Sunday 27 January 1935 Bishop John Heavey officially opened and blessed the new church.{{cite news|date=28 January 1935|title=GORDONVALE CATHOLIC CHURCH.|page=6|newspaper=Cairns Post|issue=10,288|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41539761|access-date=20 November 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205232616/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41539761|url-status=live}} The Gordonvale parish of the Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Cooktown (now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns) was established in 1935.

Cane toads (Bufo marinus) were deliberately introduced into Australia in an attempt to control the native Frenchi beetle (Lepidiota frenchi) and the greyback cane beetle (Dermolepida albohirtum) whose larvae (colloquially known as "cane grubs") were destroying sugar cane crops in North Queensland. In June 1935 the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations imported 102 cane toads (Bufo marinus) into Gordonvale from Hawaii in June 1935 (with one dying in transit due to dehydration) in the belief that the toads would eat the cane beetles, a pest in the sugarcane industry. By March 1937 some 62,000 toadlets had been bred and distributed into sugar cane fields up and down the Queensland coast. The experiment did not work and the toads have spread throughout much of Australia.{{Cite web|title=Introducing the cane toad|url=https://www.qhatlas.com.au/introducing-cane-toad|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108101216/https://www.qhatlas.com.au/introducing-cane-toad#:~:text=Mungomery%2520who%2520worked%2520for%2520the,51%2520females%2520and%252051%2520males.&text=One%2520of%2520the%2520males%2520had%2520died.|archive-date=2020-11-08|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Queensland Historical Atlas|publisher=University of Queensland|language=en-AU}}

During World War II, a contingent of approximately 3,000 American paratroopers was stationed in Gordonvale and did their training there for their missions in New Guinea. The American Army commandeered some of the town's hotels to use as hospitals as many troops were injured during this training. Quite a number of local women were employed to do parachute packing.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}

The first Gordonvale Fire Station opened in 1950 at 105 Norman Street ({{coord|-17.0943|145.7863|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Gordonvale Fire Station (former)|display=}}).{{Cite web |title=Gordonvale Fire Station |url=https://cairns.artsandculturemap.com.au/gordonvale-fire-station |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Cairns Arts and Culture Map |publisher=Cairns Regional Council}} The new Gordonvale Fire Station on Gillies Range Road was completed in 2017. The new site was chosen to provide better access to both the Bruce Highway and the Gillies Highway.{{Cite web |title=Gordonvale Fire Station |url=https://www.jmcarchitects.com.au/projects/gordonvale-fire-station |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205230100/https://www.jmcarchitects.com.au/projects/gordonvale-fire-station |archive-date=5 December 2020 |access-date=2020-12-05 |website=JMc Architects}}

The Gordonvale Library opened on 19 February 1954, replacing the old School of Arts which was built in 1900.{{Cite web|title=Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-2017|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|access-date=31 January 2018|website=Public Libraries Connect|df=dmy-all}}

All Saints' Anglican Church was consecrated on 14 June 1963 by Anglican Bishop of North Queensland Ian Shevill and Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Hugh Gough. It was designed by Cairns architects Sidney George Barnes and Edwin Oribin.

On 26 October 1964 Senior Constable Desmond Trannore was shot attending a domestic disturbance.{{Cite web|title=ROLL OF HONOUR 1964 - 1987|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll04.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601044201/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll05.htmv|archive-date=1 June 2017|access-date=1 June 2017|publisher=Queensland Police}}

In the 1990s, a number of mosaics were commissioned by the "Friends of Gordonvale" commemorating through imagery the original businesses and shops in the town. These mosaics were cemented permanently within the footpaths directly outside the original sites of the businesses.{{cite web |title=Italian Bocce Courts - Arts and Culture Map |url=https://www.artsandculturemap.com.au/italian-bocce-courts |website=www.artsandculturemap.com.au |access-date=11 February 2023 |language=en}}

Gordonvale was located within the Shire of Mulgrave until its amalgamation with the City of Cairns in 1995. The City was subsequently merged into the larger Cairns Region in 2008.

In 2012, the new Gordonvale Ambulance Station opened. It replaced the old ambulance station built in 1916 at 1 Cannon Street ({{Coord|-17.0933|145.7873|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Gordonvale Ambulance Station (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=2016-07-01|title=Ambos celebrate century of service|url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/lifestyle/gordonvale-ambulance-station-celebrates-100th-birthday/news-story/ab601923f815e3b1b494b5b856dea209|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703191446/http://www.cairnspost.com.au/lifestyle/gordonvale-ambulance-station-celebrates-100th-birthday/news-story/ab601923f815e3b1b494b5b856dea209|archive-date=3 July 2016|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Cairns Post|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=New Ambulance Station for Gordonvale|url=https://www.curtispitt.com.au/2009/06/19/new-ambulance-station-for-gordonvale/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205235005/https://www.curtispitt.com.au/2009/06/19/new-ambulance-station-for-gordonvale/|archive-date=2020-12-05|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Curtis Pitt|language=en-AU}} The old ambulance building was sold on 8 October 2013 for $405,000.{{Cite web|title=1 Cannon Street, Gordonvale, Qld 4865|url=https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-qld-gordonvale-112769619|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403224136/https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-qld-gordonvale-112769619|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 April 2023|access-date=5 December 2020|website=Realestate.com.au}}

On 27 October 2014, the Cairns Seventh Day Adventist School moved to purpose-built premises in Gordonvale and was renamed Cairns Adventist College. It originally opened as a primary school on 6 February 1950 in the Cairns CBD. It later{{When|date=December 2021}} moved to premises at the Cairns Seventh Day Adventist Church at 302 Gatton Street, Manunda.{{Citation |author1=Queensland Family History Society |title=Queensland schools past and present |publication-date=2010 |edition=Version 1.01 |publisher=Queensland Family History Society |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.cas.qld.edu.au/about-us/history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813132728/https://www.cas.qld.edu.au/about-us/history/ |archive-date=13 August 2020 |access-date=2021-12-27 |website=Cairns Adventist College |language=en-AU}}

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On 22 November 2018 the new Gordonvale Police Station was officially opened on Draper Road by Police Minister Mark Ryan and Police Commissioner Ian Stewart. The new police station cost $4.5 million and was built to serve the growing population in the corridor south of Cairns. It features Indigenous artwork "Looking to the Stars" by Gilimbaa artist Jenna Lee of the Larrakia people.{{Cite web|last=Marek|first=Heidi|date=2018-11-23|title=Gordonvale Police Station officially opened!|url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/farnorth/2018/11/23/gordonvale-police-station-officially-opened/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205222932/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/farnorth/2018/11/23/gordonvale-police-station-officially-opened/|archive-date=2020-12-05|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Queensland Police|language=en-AU}} The previous police station was in Cannon Street ({{coord|-17.0933|145.7866|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Gordonvale Police Station (former)|display=}}).{{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Emergency services facilities - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, Gordonvale had a population of 4,420.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL324400|name=Gordonvale (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=30 March 2008|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Gordonvale had a population of 6,214 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30688|name=Gordonvale (SSC)|accessdate=5 April 2016|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Gordonvale had a population of 6,671 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31224|name=Gordonvale (SSC)|accessdate=12 July 2022|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Gordonvale had a popular of 6,944 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31213|name=Gordonvale (SAL)|quick=on|access-date=11 August 2022}}

Gordonvale has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• 71378 Bruce Highway: Meringa Sugar Experiment Station{{cite QHR|Meringa Sugar Experiment Station|602835|access-date=16 December 2017}}
• Gillies Highway: Alley Family Graves{{cite QHR|15914|Alley Family Graves|601141|access-date=7 July 2013}}

Gordonvale State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 28 George Street ({{coord|-17.0900|145.7850|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gordonvale State School}}), opened originally in 1897, under the name Mulgrave State School.{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-09 |title=Gordonvale State School |url=https://gordonvaless.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Gordonvale State School |language=en}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 553 students with 42 teachers (36 full-time equivalent) and 34 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|archive-date=27 August 2020|access-date=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority}} It includes a special education program.

St Michael's Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 58 Mill Street ({{coord|-17.0955|145.7873|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Michael's School}}).{{cite web|title=St Michael's School|url=https://www.stmichael.qld.edu.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311235406/http://www.stmichael.qld.edu.au/|archive-date=11 March 2019|access-date=21 November 2018}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 307 students with 25 teachers (21 full-time equivalent) and 16 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).

Cairns Adventist College is a private primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 42 Crossland Road ({{coord|-17.0760|145.7923|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Cairns Adventist College}}).{{cite web|title=Cairns Adventist College|url=https://www.cas.qld.edu.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029153532/http://www.cas.qld.edu.au/|archive-date=29 October 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 73 students with 6 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).

Djarragun College is a private primary and secondary (Prep–12) day and boarding school for predominantly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boys and girls at 1 Maher Road ({{coord|-17.0799|145.7763|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Djarragun College}}). Opened in 2001, in 2018, the school had an enrolment of 308 students with 25 teachers and 47 non-teaching staff (41 full-time equivalent). About 25% of the students are boarders coming from the Torres Strait Islands, Cape York Peninsula, and remote areas in Queensland and the Northern Territory.{{Cite web|title=Djarragun College Ltd - Annual Report 2019|url=https://djarragun.qld.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Annual-School-Report-ISQ-2019.pdf|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317033051/https://djarragun.qld.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Annual-School-Report-ISQ-2019.pdf|archive-date=17 March 2020|access-date=6 December 2020}} The school's mission is "to develop proud, strong, educated Indigenous men and women, who walk confidently in two worlds, to be leaders, and to be role models for their families and communities".{{cite web|title=Djarragun College|url=https://www.djarragun.qld.edu.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117121356/https://www.djarragun.qld.edu.au/|archive-date=17 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}

Gordonvale State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 85 Sheppards Street ({{coord|-17.0887|145.7783|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gordonvale State High School}}), opened in 1965.{{cite web|title=Gordonvale State High School|url=https://www.gordonvalehigh.eq.edu.au|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316184557/https://gordonvalehigh.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=16 March 2020|access-date=21 November 2018}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 793 students with 73 teachers (69 full-time equivalent) and 40 non-teaching staff (30 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. When it opened, it took over the secondary department of Gordonvale State School.

The Gordonvale Library at 88 Norman Street ({{Coord|-17.0931|145.7860|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Gordonvale public library}}) is operated by the Cairns Regional Council.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/cairns/gordonvale_library|title=Gordonvale Library|website=Public Libraries Connect|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131140854/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/cairns/gordonvale_library|archive-date=31 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=31 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|title=Locations & Hours|url=https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/library/using-the-library/locations-hours|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206001918/https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/library/using-the-library/locations-hours|archive-date=6 December 2020|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Cairns Libraries|publisher=Cairns Regional Council}}

Gordonvale Community Hall is at 17-19 Cannon Street ({{Coord|-17.09311|145.78574|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Gordonvale Community Hall}}). It is capable of seating up to 80 people and is operated by the Cairns Regional Council.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-30 |title=Community Halls |url=https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/online/booking-of-public-spaces/community-halls-and-centres |access-date=2024-04-24 |publisher=Cairns Regional Council}}

St Michael's Catholic Church is at 64 Mill Street ({{Coord|-17.0959|145.7872|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=St Michael's Catholic Church}}). It is within the Gordonvale Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.{{Cite web|title=Gordonvale Parish|url=http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/gordonvale.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118135531/http://www.cairns.catholic.org.au/parishes/gordonvale.html|archive-date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020|website=Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns}}

Gordonvale Uniting Church (also known as Eternal Life Fellowship) is at 72–74 Gordon Street ({{Coord|-17.09146|145.7877|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Gordonvale Uniting Church}}).{{Cite web|title=Find a church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206000909/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=2020-12-06|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod|language=en-AU}} It is within the Carpentaria Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.{{Cite web|title=Carpentaria Presbytery|url=https://www.ucacarpentaria.com.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-19|website=|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029175101/https://www.ucacarpentaria.com.au/}}

All Saints' Anglican Church is at 5–7 Church Street ({{Coord|-17.0948|145.7872|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=All Saints' Anglican Church}}).{{Cite web|title=Gordonvale|url=https://www.anglicannq.org/parishes/parishdetails/16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103014955/http://www.anglicannq.org/parishes/parishdetails/16|archive-date=2017-01-03|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Anglican Diocese of North Queensland}}{{Cite web|title=Cairns Region Planning Scheme Schedules and Appendices Part 2|url=https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/162709/Attachment-3B_Cairns-Region-Planning-Scheme-Schedules-and-Appendices_PART-2.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206003251/https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/162709/Attachment-3B_Cairns-Region-Planning-Scheme-Schedules-and-Appendices_PART-2.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2020|access-date=6 December 2020|website=Cairns Regional Council|pages=740–741}}

Gordonvale Presbyterian Church is at 9 Norman Street ({{Coord|-17.0893|145.7869|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Gordonvale Presbyterian Church}}).{{Cite web|title=Gordonvale-Babinda Presbyterian Church|url=https://www.pcq.org.au/presbyterian-church-directory.php?RID=&CID=25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206010127/https://www.pcq.org.au/presbyterian-church-directory.php?RID=&CID=25|archive-date=2020-12-06|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Presbyterian Church of Queensland}}

Gordonvale QCWA Hall is at 92 Norman Street ({{Coord|-17.0934|145.7860|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Gordonvale CWA Hall}}).{{Cite web|date=25 January 2012|title=Cairns Reginal Council Local Heritage Register - Consideration of Submissions|url=https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/44496/25jan12_ord_cl11.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206015208/https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/44496/25jan12_ord_cl11.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2020|access-date=6 December 2020|website=Cairns Regional Council|page=131}} Although the QCWA branch is no longer active, the hall continues to be used for community purposes.

The Gordonvale Aquatic Centre is at 73–77 Sheppards Street ({{Coord|-17.0892|145.7805|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Gordonvale Aquatic Centre}}). It has a swimming pool and associated services.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-04|title=Swimming pools|url=https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/region/things-to-do/public-swimming-pools|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206023121/https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/region/things-to-do/public-swimming-pools|archive-date=2020-12-06|access-date=2020-12-06|website=Cairns Regional Council|language=en-AU}}

The Mulgrave News, "Letting the local people know." is the local independent monthly suburban. It covers local news, real estate, classifieds and more.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}

Pyramid Views also runs in Gordonvale, delivering local news, advertisements for local businesses, real estate listings and public interest stories.{{Cite web |title=Pyramid Views |url=https://www.facebook.com/SandraCharltonPyramidViews/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714025547/https://www.facebook.com/SandraCharltonPyramidViews/ |url-status=live }}

Pyramid Power AFL Club competed in the AFL Cairns competition. The Power had sides in the Under 8 through to Under 18, as well as a Senior Women's side. The home ground for Pyramid Power was at Power Park on Maher Road.{{cite web|title=Power outage in Gordonvale|url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/sport/power-outage-in-gordonvale/news-story/9e321153e6de91d0bb9db5d0ee85c73e|access-date=11 July 2022}}

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File:Royal Poinciana tree, Gordonvale, Queensland.JPG

Operating since 1896, the Mulgrave Sugar Mill is located near the town centre in Gordon St. The mill services about 300 sugarcane farms in the local region and operates during the 'crush' season (about six months of the year).{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

The Mulgrave Settlers Museum is across Gordon Street from the mill.{{Cite web|date=17 November 2020|title=Building areas - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023081052/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f|archive-date=23 October 2020|access-date=17 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}} It is operated by the Mulgrave Shire Historical Society. The museum has a number of historical items donated from the local community and displays that represent the early gold miners, cedar cutters, Chinese workers and packers (mule train suppliers to the Atherton Tableland). The museum is open Monday to Saturday from 10AM to 2PM.{{Cite web|title=Mulgrave Shire Historical Society - Cairns - Tourism Town - Find & book authentic experiences in Cairns|url=https://www.cairnstoday.com.au/organisations/mulgrave-shire-historical-society.73597/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426123447/https://www.cairnstoday.com.au/organisations/mulgrave-shire-historical-society.73597/|archive-date=26 April 2018|access-date=26 April 2018|website=www.cairnstoday.com.au|language=en|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|title=Mulgrave Settlers Museum|url=https://mulgravesettlersmuseum.weebly.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426123447/https://mulgravesettlersmuseum.weebly.com/|archive-date=26 April 2018|access-date=26 April 2018|website=Mulgrave Settlers Museum|language=en|df=dmy-all}}

The suburb is surrounded predominantly by sugarcane fields and is only a short drive from many places including the Bellenden Ker National Park and Goldsborough Valley State Forest.

• Brianna Coop, Australian Paralympic sprinter
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• Nate Myles, Australia and Queensland rugby league player
• Curtis Pitt, politician
• Adam Sarota, footballer

• Gordonvale railway station
• List of tramways in Queensland

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• {{cite web|title=Gordonvale|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/gordonvale|website=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
• {{cite web|date=1981|title=Town map of Gordonvale|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-gordonvale-1981.jpg|publisher=Queensland Government}}

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