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Ravenshoe ( )〔''Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3〕 is a town and locality on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located south west of the regional centre, Cairns. At the , the town of Ravenshoe had a population of 860.〔 This figure refers to the immediate township area only. The locality has a population of 1,442. At above sea level, Ravenshoe is the highest town in Queensland, with Queensland's highest pub "The Ravenshoe Hotel" and highest railway station. It also has the Millstream Falls, the widest waterfall in Australia. Traditionally the main industry in Ravenshoe was timber, but since 1987, when the government made of surrounding rainforest world heritage listed, the main industries have been tourism, beef and dairy farming.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/ravenshoe )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.athertontablelands.com.au/where-to-go/ravenshoe-innot-hot-springs-mt-garnet/ )〕 ==History== The traditional owners of the land in the Ravenshoe district are the Jirrbal people who speak a dialect of the Dyirbal language.〔 The site of the present day Ravenshoe was first settled by pastoralists prior to 1881 but when stands of red cedar (''Toona ciliata'') trees were found at nearby Cedar Creek, the mining entrepreneur, John Moffat purchased the pastoral properties in 1897. A village called Cedar Creek was established. By 1910, the nearby mining town of Herberton has been connected by railway to Cairns and Cedar Creek had been renamed Ravenshoe. The name is supposed to have been chosen because a copy of Henry Kingsley's novel ''Ravenshoe'' was found discarded nearby.〔 By 1912, Ravenshoe had a store, a school, the Club Hotel and a population of 1,000 people. The timber industry was by now supplying Queensland maple (''Flindersia brayleyana''), oak (''Argyrodendron peralatum'') and black walnut (''Endiandra globosa'') but it was not until 11 December 1916 that Ravenshoe was finally connected with Cairns by railway.〔〔Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, May 1988, pp108-117〕 Roads connected Ravenshoe with Atherton and Innisfail by 1936 and by 1949 there were three sawmills, two hotels, two cinemas, a guest house and two churches.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ravenshoe, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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