page_title: Babinda
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Babinda / History
caption_attribution_description: English: War Memorial, Babinda, en:Queensland, en:Australia I took this picture in June 2006. Peter Ellis 21:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
context_page_description: Babinda is a small town and locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located 60 kilometres south of Cairns.
  The town is noted for its proximity to Queensland's two highest mountains Mount Bartle Frere and Mount Bellenden Ker.
  Babinda and Tully annually compete for the Golden Gumboot, an award for Australia's wettest town. Babinda is usually the winner, recording an annual average rainfall of over 4279.4 millimetres each year.
context_section_description: Babinda takes its name from the local Indigenous Australian language for mountain. Other sources, however, claim it is a Yidinji word for water, possibly referring to the high rainfall of the area.
  Babinda State School opened on 4 November 1914.
  Babinda Post Office opened by 1915 (a Babinda Creek receiving office had been open since 1891). 
  The Babinda War Memorial was unveiled by the chairman of the Cairns Shire Council Seymour Warner on 25 April 1927.
  The Babinda Public Library building opened in 1955.
  In March 2006, Babinda was struck by Cyclone Larry, damaging up to 80% of buildings.
  At the 2011 census the town recorded a population of 1,068.
caption: World War 1 memorial, Babinda, 2006
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