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Gillies Range
The
Gillies
Range
is a
mountain range
in
Queensland, Australia
. It is a
chain
of
summits
south of
Cairns
that
separate
the
Far North Queensland
coastal plain
from the
interior
Atherton Tableland
. At the foot of the range is
the town
of
Gordonvale
.
The
Gillies Highway
permits
road
access from the
Goldsborough Valley
near Gordonvale, to
Atherton
on the Atherton
Tableland
via
the Gillies Range. The Gillies
Highway
and range were named after
William N Gillies
, a former
Premier of Queensland
.