Plate of Atherton
The plate of Atherton is an area of the Great Dividing Range located at the Queensland in Australia.
It has a surface of approximately 32.000 km ² and an altitude varying between 600 and 900 m with the top of the sea level.
It is located inside the grounds at the west and the south-south-west of Cairns and though located in an intertropical area, it profits from its altitude from a moderate climate allowing the breeding from milch cows.
The principal river of the plate is the Barron River on which a stopping was built which makes it possible to store a water reserve for the irrigation in the Lac Tinaroo.
The area has reserves of tin and a little Or.
Cities of the plate
History of the plate
The first European who visited the area was James Venture Mulligan in 1875, but it is John Atherton which settled the first, in 1877, close to the city which bears its name today.
Economy of the plate
Agriculture around Atherton includes/understands the culture of the Canne to sugar, of the Maïs, the lawyer S, the strawberry S, the Noix of macadamia, of the mango S and the Citron S. There is also the breeding cattle for milk and the meat as well as the breeding of the Volaille S.
Tourism develops around Tinaroo and the town dam of Yungaburra.
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