Redlynch lies along the valley created by Freshwater Creek with the Redlynch Intake Road being the major artery running from north to south roughly parallel and west of the creek.[4]
Most of the land east of Redlynch Intake Road down to Freshwater Creek is used to grow sugarcane. The residential development occurs to the west of Redlynch Intake Road, while far eastern and far western parts of the suburb are undeveloped bushland on steep slopes rising to 500–600 metres which form part of the Barron Gorge National Park. The Kuranda Scenic Railway winds its way up the north-eastern slopes of Redlynch with two stations in the suburb:
In anticipation of the railway's opening, Thomas Dillon constructed the Terminus Hotel built near the Redlynch railway station.[15] The hotel was sold to Joseph Best in December 1888,[16] and passed to Thomas Lavercombe in July 1889.[17] Subsequent licensees included Samuel Thomas Walker and William Arthur.[18] In March 1891, Arthur was bankrupted and the hotel was sold to Mangus Petersen.[19] It was destroyed by fire in the 1920s.
The Redlynch Hotel was constructed in 1926 opposite the railway station; it is now known as the Red Beret Hotel.[12] The hotel was built opposite to the Terminus Hotel, which burned down in the 1920s[20]
Original Redlynch State School
Redlynch State School opened on 15 February 1932 on Intake Road with an initial enrolment of 80 students. Circa 1994, the school moved to a new site further along Intake Road on a former sugarcane farm, opening with 180 students. In 2007, a secondary school was added to create Redlynch State College.[21][22][23]
St Andrew's Catholic College opened in 2001,[22] initially offering Pre-School to Year 4. It had an initial 89 students under founding principal Mrs Lauretta Graham. All Saint's Chapel was opened in 2009.[24]
The Redlynch Central Shopping Centre opened in 2005 and expanded in 2014.[25]
In 2019, a deadly fungus, poison fire coral, was found in a pocket of rainforest in the suburb.[26]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, the suburb of Redlynch had a population of 9,728 people.[27]
In the 2021 census, the suburb of Redlynch had a population of 10,571 people.[1]
Redlynch Shopping Village is opposite the hotel and diagonally opposite the railway station on the corner of Redlynch Intake Road and Margaret Street. Redlynch Central Shopping Centre is located in Larsen Road off Redlynch Connection Road.[25]
All Saints' Catholic Chapel is at St Andrew's College at Intake Road. It is within the Northern Beaches Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns.[34]
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^"Monthly Licensing Sessions". Cairns Post. Vol. VI, no. 373. Queensland, Australia. 8 December 1888. p. 2. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Advertising". Cairns Post. Vol. VII, no. 440. Queensland, Australia. 31 July 1889. p. 3. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Advertising". Cairns Post. Vol. VIII, no. 541. Queensland, Australia. 26 July 1890. p. 3. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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