Daintree is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Daintree had a populatio…Daintree is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Daintree had a population of 93 people. Daintree is a settlement in North Queensland 111 kilometres north of Cairns and 56 kilometres from Port Douglas, Queensland. The McDowell Ranges are near the town while the Daintree River flows nearby. It takes its name from Richard Daintree, a pioneering geologist of British origin in North Queensland in the 1860s. It is within the local government area of Shire of Douglas. At the 2006 census, Daintree and the surrounding area had a population of 78.
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