Claim: Glen Boughton was established as an estate in 1887 and is today used for farming sugarcane.
Evidence: The western part of the locality the land is flat (almost at sea level) and is used for farming, predominantly sugarcane. By 1887, Messrs Clayton and John Hill had established a farm called Glen Boughton Estate raising cattle on cultivated grasses and were obtaining dairy cows as Cairns was experiencing increased demand for milk and butter.