Mareeba, located on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia, is 417 meters (1,368 ft) above sea level.
Prior to European settlement, the area around Mareeba was inhabited by the Muluridji people.
On 26 May 1875, James Venture Mulligan became the first European officially to see the future site of Mareeba. It was first settled in 1877 by John Atherton, who arrived with cattle at Emerald End, which is just north of the town today. Mareeba quickly became a busy coach stop for Cobb & Co on the road from Port Douglas to Herberton. When the railway arrived in 1893, Mareeba grew into a busy town.
Numerous crops are grown throughout Mareeba Shire, including avocados, mangoes, lychees, longans, sugar cane, cashews, macadamias, bananas, pineapples, tea tree oil, coffee, and a variety of vegetables and tropical fruits. Poultry and cattle are also common. Tobacco was once the main grown crop of the local economy, but is no longer grown within the Mareeba shire. According to the 2016 census, Mareeba includes the largest Italian Australian community of any suburb in Queensland, numbering 1,608 individuals and making up 10.8% of the town's population.
Mareeba boasts that the sun shines 300 days a year.
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