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    • Sir William Wellington Cairns, KCMG (3 March 1828 - 9 June 1888) was a British colonial administrator. He was the Governor of Queensland and the Governor of Trinidad. See more

    Early life

    Cairns was born in Belfast, Ireland on 3 March 1828 (as indicated on his grave stone). His parents were William Cairns, a … See more

    Trinidad and Australia

    He served in various senior colonial civil service posts in the British Empire including Trinidad, moving due to health issues, before being appointed Governor of Queensland in January 1875. He held the post for tw… See more

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    Born3 March 1828 · County Down, Ireland, UK
    Died9 July 1888 (aged 60) · London, England, UK
    NationalityBritish
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    He subsequently returned to England where he died in London on 7 July 1888, unmarried. He is buried in a modest grave against the east wall of Brompton Cemetery near the north-east corner with Anna Maria Cairns, his … See more

    Legacy

    The city of Cairns in Queensland was named after him in 1876. See more

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    WEBThe area was named Cairns in late 1876 in honour of the then Governor of Queensland, William Cairns.[3] The site was predominantly …

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      WEBEuropean settlement. Cairns was officially founded in 1876 and named after the State Governor of the day, Sir William Wellington Cairns. It was formally declared a town in 1903 with a registered population of 3500.

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      WEBIn 1876, Cairns was officially founded as a port for the goldfields. The city was named after William Wellington Cairns, the Governor of Queensland at the time.

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