Sundown, Queensland (Cassowary Coast Region) should not be confused with Sundown, Queensland (Southern Downs Region).
| Type: | suburb |
| Sundown | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -17.498°N 146.0225°W |
| Pop: | 145 |
| Postcode: | 4860 |
| Area: | 6.0 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 3.3 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Innisfail |
| Dist2: | 88.3 |
| Dir2: | S |
| Location2: | Cairns |
| Dist3: | 263 |
| Dir3: | NW |
| Location3: | Townsville |
| Dist4: | 1625 |
| Dir4: | NNW |
| Location4: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Cassowary Coast Region |
| Stategov: | Hill |
| Fedgov: | Kennedy |
| Near-N: | Jubilee Heights |
| Near-Ne: | Jubilee Heights |
| Near-E: | Eaton |
| Near-Se: | Innisfail Estate |
| Near-S: | Cullinane |
| Near-Sw: | Cullinane |
| Near-W: | Goondi |
| Near-Nw: | Daradgee |
Sundown is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Sundown had a population of 145 people.
The locality is bounded to the north and the east by the Johnstone River, to the south by See Poy and Frith Roads, and to the west by the North Coast railway line.
The elevation ranges from above sea level. The land use is a mixture of growing sugarcane and rural residential housing. There is a network of cane tramways to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mill.
In the 1880s, boats were used transfer goods from Flying Fish Point on the coast along the Johnstone River to Innisfail and beyond. Melanesian men worked on these boats and Sundown is the area where they were at the end of their working day, which gave the locality its name.[1]
In the, Sundown had a population of 178 people.
In the, Sundown had a population of 145 people.
There are no schools in Sundown. The nearest primary schools are in Goondi, Innisfail and Innisfail Estate. The nearest secondary school is in Innisfail Estate.