Woree is an established residential, industrial and recreational area, with some commercial land use along Mulgrave Road. Woree is bounded by Mulgrave Road, the suburb of Earlville and Chinaman Creek in the north, the suburbs of Portsmith and White Rock in the east, Cairns Golf Course, Hepburn Street, the North Coast Railway line and the suburb of Mount Sheridan in the south, and the suburb of Bayview Heights, the Sugarcane Tramway and Henley Street in the west. Woree is thought to be named from an Aboriginal word meaning “child” or “shallow water”.
Settlement of the area dates from the 1880s, with gradual growth through to the early 1900s.
The area was originally known as Four Mile – the distance from the centre of Cairns. Until June 1909 the railway station was known as Pryns Station after William Pryn who owned a hotel in this location on the banks of Gordon Creek. Re-named by the Railway Department circa 1914 from an Aboriginal name meaning ‘piccaninny’ or child. The likely spelling should have been Wurree, the Aboriginal word for child who likes to dabble in shallow water.
Significant development did not occur until the 1960s, with rapid growth during the 1970s and 1980s. The population declined slightly from the mid 1990s, a result of little change in dwelling stock and a decline in the average number of persons living in each dwelling. Today a number of key infrastructure projects are driving investment in the suburb.
Major features of the area include:
- Cannon Park Racecourse,
- Local Disaster Coordination Centre,
- Cairns Golf Course,
- Woree Community Centre,
- Woree Swimming Pool,
- Calanna Park,
- Jeff Pezzutti Park,
- Hussey Park and
- a number of schools.
Woree Aerial Map (large file 11Mb)
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19/08/2011 at 9:26 pm
[...] schools in Woree do not have enough parking for everyone to drive to school, so Council and the School Community are [...]
19/08/2011 at 9:28 pm
[...] schools in Woree do not have enough parking for everyone to drive to school, so Council and the School Community are [...]
05/09/2011 at 4:38 pm
[...] thefts: Police charged a 16-year-old boy following investigations into the theft of a vehicle from Woree in August. The boy was charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle, unlicenced driving, two counts [...]
20/12/2011 at 6:31 pm
good, he deserves it.
09/09/2011 at 12:21 pm
[...] was also charged with allegedly entering and stealing from vehicles at Westcourt and Woree in July. The boy will be dealt with under the provisions of The Youth Justice Act [...]
05/10/2011 at 11:32 am
[...] part of the Bruce Highway Upgrade at Woree and White Rock DTMR has let a $ 95 Million Dollar contract and the timelines are as [...]
11/10/2011 at 7:39 am
[...] School Children, State Road, White Rock, Woree A pedestrian overpass will link White Rock to Woree. It will be close to where the Anderson Road crossing now is (see [...]
09/11/2011 at 6:17 pm
[...] The Club is a valued tenant at Jeff Pezzutti Park and they are well placed in the heart of Woree. [...]
19/11/2011 at 5:20 pm
[...] journeys, it provides a shorter route from A to B. From Bentley Park and Mount Sheridan, through to Woree and Bayview and beyond, there are some great opportunities for [...]
22/11/2011 at 1:40 pm
[...] band performed to loud applause at the Woree High’s Food & Cultural Festival in October and at the High Schools’ Battle of the Bands, [...]
30/01/2012 at 11:05 am
[...] From Air Picture of the day is Woree from air. The bel0w shot takes in the industrial area and Cannon Park Race Track. Apologies to the [...]
26/02/2012 at 5:25 pm
[...] Early in 2009 a crossing was requested for Jasper Street (at the intersection with Toogood Road) in Woree. Many children cross the street on the way to and from school as do parents with toddlers attending [...]
27/02/2012 at 1:31 pm
[...] is an example of what was on display in suburban parks in White Rock, Mt Sheridan and Woree. I apologise for any offence this causes readers of The Rock News but I feel these examples need to [...]
03/03/2012 at 6:34 pm
[...] the and taking five months to complete. The AAA rated 3.5 star locally owned hotel is situated in Woree on the southern entrance to Cairns city. David Penney and Mayor [...]
29/03/2012 at 3:30 pm
[...] Beach, Palm Cove, Redlynch, Smithfield, Stratford, Trinity Beach, Trinity Park, Whitfield and Woree. Work will start in these areas between December 2013 and December [...]