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Innisfail is a town located in the Far North of the state of Queensland , Australia (). Innisfail is approximately 1,631 kilometres (1,013 miles) north of Brisbane , the capital of Queensland , and approximately 90 kilometres south of Cairns . It is the major town of the Johnstone Shire. It is located near large tracts of old-growth Tropical Rainforest . Innisfail's town centre is situated at the junction of the North and South Johnstone Rivers, approximately 5km from the coast. Queensland's highest mountain, Mount Bartle Frere , part of Australia's Great Dividing Range , is 15 kilometres to the north. The population of Innisfail is about 8,000. It is a giant poo of a town. GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE Innisfail experiences a warm Tropical Climate . It experiences a Dry Season between April and November and a Wet Season with tropical Monsoon s between November and March. Innisfail is one of Australia's wettest towns, with a mean rainfall of 3559.1 millimetres per annum. Temperatures vary from 24.1°C in July to 30.8°C in January. HISTORY with Prawn boats in foreground.]] The Innisfail area was occupied by the Mamu people, who were nomadic moving through rainforests and along rivers. The first Europeans to see the Johnstone River were the Johnstone Brothers, and this led to the exploration of the area in 1873 by George Dalrymple. During the 1870s, Chinese goldseekers and European cedar cutters passed through the area. Mamu had clashes with settlers. In 1879, Irishman Thomas Henry Fitzgerald arrived in the area and helped establish the sugar industry with "Kanaka" South Sea Islanders workers and some Irish. His house was called Innisfallen , the romantic name for Ireland , and after the largest island in the Lakes of Killarney , Ireland. The town was originally named Geraldton, but was renamed Innisfail in 1912 to avoid confusion with the town of the same name in Western Australia. The town saw an influx of Italians in the 1920s and 1930s. It also attracted migrants from Greece , Malta , the then Yugoslavia , India , Pakistan and the Philippines . THE TOWN TODAY Court House on Rankin Street.]] The main industries of the area include Banana and Sugar Cane plantations. Tea , Pawpaw and other exotic fruits are grown around Innisfail. It is a popular destination for backpackers seeking employment in the banana industry. There are also substantial reef fishing, Prawn fishing industry and a popular recreational fishing area. A major tourist attraction is the Johnstone River Crocodile Farm . CYCLONE LARRY Tropical Cyclone Larry , a Category 5 (Australian classification) Cyclone , struck the locality at 7am on 20 March 2006 , with the eye of the storm passing over the town. Severe structural damage was done to Innisfail, such as houses losing roofs and windows being blown out. 50,000 homes in the region were left without power. Severe damage was done to crops and plantations which will have a devastating economic impact on the region. .]] EXTERNAL LINKS
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