Shire of Johnstone
Shire of Johnstone | |||||||||||||
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Johnstone Shire Hall, circa 1940 | |||||||||||||
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Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1881 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Innisfail | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 1,639.1 km2 (632.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 18,256 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 11.1378/km2 (28.8468/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Johnstone was a local government area of Queensland. It was located on the Coral Sea coast about 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Innisfail, covered an area of 1,639.1 square kilometres (632.9 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1881 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Shire of Cardwell to form the Cassowary Coast Region.
The Mamu tribal group are the traditional owners of much of the land in the shire. 47% of the shire is in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.