Daradgee, Queensland

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.

Opening of the Daradgee Bridge over the Johnstone River for the railway link between Townsville and Cairns, 1924