Download coordinates as: Daradgee is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
[5][6] The land is relatively flat and low-lying (approx 10 metres above sea level) and is used for cropping including sugarcane and bananas.
[7] The town name is a corruption of the original township name Daraji (used from 1905 to 1918) based on an Aboriginal word meaning burial ground.
[8] The final section of the North Coast railway line was the bridge at Daradgee across the Johnstone River.
The bridge was opened on 8 December 1924, by the Queensland Premier, Ted Theodore, enabling rail travel from Cairns to Brisbane and from there to as far as Perth in Western Australia.