Bartle Frere, Queensland


Bartle Frere is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Bartle Frere had a population of 137 people.

Geography

The locality of Bartle Frere lies to the south of Mount Bartle Frere. The locality is flat low-lying land and is freehold land used for farming, predominantly the growing of sugarcane. The Russell River forms the boundary to the locality to the south and east.
The Bruce Highway forms the northern boundary of the locality with the North Coast railway line immediately parallel and adjacent to the north.

History

The locality takes its name from Mount Bartle Frere, which in turn was named after Sir Henry Bartle Frere, the president of the Royal Geographical Society, by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple on 30 September 1873.
Bartle Frere State School opened on 30 January 1922.
In the 2011 census, Bartle Frere had a population of 361 people.

Education

Bartle Frere State School is a co-educational government primary school at 29 Price Road. In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff.