Bartle Frere, Queensland

Bartle Frere is a rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Bartle Frere had a population of 169 people.

Geography
The locality of Bartle Frere lies to the south of Mount Bartle Frere. The locality is flat low-lying land (10–20 metres above sea level) and is freehold land used for farming, predominantly the growing of sugarcane. The Russell River forms the boundary to the locality to the south and east.

The Bruce Highway forms the northern boundary of the locality with the North Coast railway line immediately parallel and adjacent to the north (just outside the boundary of the locality in neighbouring Eubenangee).

History
The locality takes its name from Mount Bartle Frere, which in turn was named after Sir Henry Bartle Frere, the president of the Royal Geographical Society, by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple on 30 September 1873.

Bartle Frere State School opened on 30 January 1922.

Demographics
In the, Bartle Frere had a population of 361 people.

In the, Bartle Frere had a population of 137 people.

In the, Bartle Frere had a population of 169 people.

Education
Bartle Frere State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 29 Price Road (-17.4446°N, 145.8852°W). In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 8 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 11 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).

There are no secondary schools in Bartle Frere. The nearest government school offering secondary education to Year 12 is Babinda State School in Babinda to the north-east.