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Gordonvale, Queensland
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<p>Gordonvale is a rural sugar-growing town and <a href="/facts/Suburbs_and_localities_(Australia)/MJcfoL54">locality</a> situated on the southern side of <a href="/facts/Cairns,_Queensland/JX4b1c3d">Cairns</a> in the <a href="/facts/Cairns_Region/nwuNAjYy">Cairns Region</a>, <a href="/facts/Queensland/lXBlIeY3">Queensland</a>, Australia. In the <a href="/facts/2021_Australian_census/VHzRvKbW">2021 census</a>, the locality of Gordonvale had a population of 6,944 people. </p><p>At Gordonvale in June 1935, the <a href="/facts/Cane_toad/CSS3J1zM">cane toad</a> was introduced in a failed attempt at controlling the native <a href="/facts/Batocera_frenchi/3RllqL6h">Frenchi beetle</a> and the greyback <a href="/facts/Cane_beetle/tKj549xl">cane beetle</a>. </p>