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Atherton is a town on the Atherton Tablelands within the Tablelands Region, Far North Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 census, Atherton had a population of 7,287. ==History== The town was named after John Atherton, a pioneer pastoralist who settled at Mareeba (then known as Emerald End) in 1875. The area was formerly known Priors Pocket or Priors Creek.〔 Atherton Post Office opened by 1903 (a receiving office had been open since 1889). The Atherton War Memorial commemorates local residents who died in World War I. It was dedicated on 1 May 1924 by the Tinaroo Shire chairman, Frederick Grau. It is the only war memorial in Queensland of a digger in an animated pose.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/90434-atherton-war-memorial )〕 The Atherton Courthouse was used as a wartime hospital for officers during World War II and has air raid bunkers beneath the building. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atherton, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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