Gillies Range

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The Gillies Range is a mountain range in Queensland, Australia. It is a chain of summits south of Cairns that separate the Far North Queensland coastal plain from the interior Atherton Tableland. At the foot of the range is the town of Gordonvale.

The Gillies Highway permits road access from the Goldsborough Valley near Gordonvale, to Atherton on the Atherton Tableland via the Gillies Range (famous for its 263 corners, and 800 m elevation change in only 19 km of road).{{cite web |url=http://www.cairns.com.au/visitor-information/destinations/atherton-tableland-guide.html |title=Atherton Tableland |work=cairns.com.au |publisher=News Limited |accessdate=20 July 2012 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823135042/http://www.cairns.com.au/visitor-information/destinations/atherton-tableland-guide.html |archivedate=23 August 2012 }} The Gillies Highway and range were named after William N Gillies,{{cite web|url=http://www.wettropics.gov.au/ttd/ttd_goldsborough_parks.html |title=Places and Drives - The Central Coast - Goldsborough Valley |publisher=Wet Tropics Management Authority |accessdate=20 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720221517/http://wettropics.gov.au/ttd/ttd_goldsborough_parks.html |archivedate=20 July 2012 }} a former Premier of Queensland.

See also

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Further reading

  • {{Citation|title=A bend too many : the story of the Gillies Highway|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35579699|publication-date=1999|author1=Tranter, Henry|author2=Tranter, Elaine|publisher=Eacham Historical Society}}

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Category:Mountain ranges of Queensland

Category:Landforms of Far North Queensland

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