Bentley Park, Queensland

Bentley Park is a suburb of Cairns within the local government area of Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It is located approximately 9 km (6 mi) south of the Cairns City. In the 2016 census Bentley Park had a population of 8,018 people.[1]

Bentley Park
Queensland
View from Bentley Park, QLD with Fletcher Court and Lamb Range, QLD in background
Bentley Park
Coordinates17.004°S 145.738°E / -17.004; 145.738
Population8,018 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1,162/km2 (3,010/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4869
Area6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Location12.7 km (8 mi) south of Cairns City
LGA(s)Cairns Region
State electorate(s)Mulgrave
Federal Division(s)Kennedy
Localities around Bentley Park:
Lamb Range Mount Sheridan White Rock
Lamb Range Bentley Park Edmonton
Lamb Range Edmonton Edmonton

History

Bentley Park is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country. [3] The origin of the suburb name is from a property titled Bentley Hall in England, named by an early settler Isaac Abraham Hartill. [4]

St Therese's School opened on 29 April 1929 in what was then Edmonton but is now Bentley Park.[5]

Bentley Park State School was originally opened in 1997. In 2004, the construction of high school facilities made it a P-12 school called Bentley Park College.[6]

At the 2011 census, Bentley Park had a population of 7,420.[7]

In the 2016 census Bentley Park had a population of 8,018 people.[1]

Schools


References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bentley Park (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. "Bentley Park (entry 45559)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. "First people cultural history". Cairns Regional Council. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. "Cairns Heritage: B Suburbs" (PDF). Cairns Regional Council. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. "History". Bentley Park College. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  7. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bentley Park". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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