Cairns (disambiguation)
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Places
- Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
- Electoral district of CairnsElectoral district of CairnsThe electoral district of Cairns is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses the central business district and inner-suburbs of Cairns, in Far North Queensland...
, a district in the Queensland Legislative AssemblyQueensland Legislative AssemblyThe Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system... - Cairns Region and its predecessor, City of CairnsCity of CairnsThe City of Cairns was a Local Government Area centred on the Far North Queensland city of Cairns. Established in 1885, for most of its existence it consisted of approximately around Cairns itself, with much of the metropolitan area being located in the Shire of Mulgrave...
, both local government areas - Cairns City, Queensland, the central suburb
- Electoral district of Cairns
- Cairns, CaliforniaCairns, CaliforniaCairns is a former settlement in Placer County, California. Cairns was located northeast of Lincoln.The Cairns post office operated from 1906 to 1907.-References:...
Ships
- HMAS CairnsHMAS CairnsOne ship and one shore establishment of Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Cairns, for the city of Cairns, Queensland., a Bathurst class corvette launched in 1941 and transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1946, the RAN's minor war vessel base located in the city of the same name,...
, a ship, and a shore establishment, of the Royal Australian Navy
People
- Aiden CairnsAiden CairnsAiden Cairns was a rugby league player in the Australian competition, the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.A three-quarter , Cairns, played in 16 matches for the Eastern Suburbs and 23 for the North Sydney club. In the 1938 season Cairns was a try scorer in the Eastern Suburbs...
, Australian Rugby League player - Alan CairnsAlan CairnsHugh Alan Craig Cairns, is a Canadian political science professor emeritus.Born in Galt , he received his BA in 1953 and his MA degree in 1957 from the University of Toronto. In 1963, he obtained a D.Phil from St Antony's College, Oxford...
(born 1930), Canadian retired political science professor - Alan CairnsAlan Cairns (clergyman)Alan G. Cairns is a Bible teacher, retired pastor, and author. A native of Belfast, Northern Ireland, he was converted to Christianity through The Salvation Army. He joined the nascent Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster as a teenager...
(born 1940), Free Presbyterian minister - Alun CairnsAlun CairnsAlun Hugh Cairns is a Welsh Conservative Party politician. A member of the National Assembly for Wales for the in the South Wales West region since 1999, he was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan.-Background:Brought up in Clydach near...
(born 1970), Welsh politician - Andy CairnsAndy CairnsAndrew James Cairns , is a founding member, singer, guitarist and songwriter for Therapy?, a hard rock band from Northern Ireland.- Therapy? :...
(born 1965), Northern Irish musician - Buster CairnsBuster CairnsRoy Desmond "Buster" Cairns was a member of the Canadian national soccer team in the 1950s. He was born in Clayburn, British Columbia....
(born 1925), Canadian footballer - Chris Cairns (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer
- Dave CairnsDave CairnsDave Cairns is an English rock guitarist and songwriter, best known for his role in the 1970s/1980s band Secret Affair...
(born 1958), English musician - David Cairns, 5th Earl CairnsDavid Cairns, 5th Earl CairnsRear-Admiral David Charles Cairns, 5th Earl Cairns GCVO CB , was Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 1962 to 1971....
(1909-1989) - David Cairns (politician)David Cairns (politician)John David Cairns was a Scottish Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament from 2001 until his death. He represented the constituency of Inverclyde. He was the Minister of State at the Scotland Office until he resigned on 16 September 2008...
(born 1966), Scottish politician - David Cairns (writer)David Cairns (writer)David Cairns is a British journalist, non-fiction writer and musician. He is a leading authority on the life of Berlioz.-Biography:...
, British writer and music critic - Don Cairns Don CairnsDonald Cairns is a former National Hockey League Player for the defunct Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies franchises.-Early life:...
(born 1955), ice hockey player - Eric CairnsEric CairnsEric Cairns is a retired ice hockey defenceman and current pro scout for the New York Islanders. His last season was with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL...
(born 1974), ice hockey player - Fred CairnsFred CairnsFred Cairns was a well-known British comedian and music hall artist of the Victorian age...
(1857-1896), British entertainer - George Albert CairnsGeorge Albert CairnsGeorge Albert Cairns VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
(1913-1944), British recipient of the Victoria Cross - Graeme CairnsGraeme CairnsGraeme Cairns is a New Zealand musician, artist, and political candidate. He is perhaps best known for his role as "Laird McGillicuddy", chief of the Clan McGillicuddy, and as the only-ever leader of the Clan's satirical McGillicuddy Serious political party...
, New Zealand musician - Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl CairnsHugh Cairns, 1st Earl CairnsHugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns PC, QC was a British statesman who served as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom during the first two ministries of Benjamin Disraeli. He was one of the most prominent Conservative statesmen in the House of Lords during this period of Victorian politics...
(1819-1885) - Hugh Cairns (surgeon)Hugh Cairns (surgeon)Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns was a British neurosurgeon.Hugh Cairns was born in Port Pirie, but came to Adelaide for his secondary education at Adelaide High School and tertiary education at the University of Adelaide...
(1896-1952), British surgeon - Hugh Cairns (VC)Hugh Cairns (VC)Hugh Cairns VC DCM was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was born in Ashington, Northumberland, England...
(1896-1918), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross - Ian CairnsIan CairnsIan Cairns is a former champion surfer who was also influential in establishing the world professional surfing circuit and particularly the World Championship Tour....
(born 1952), former World Champion surfer - Imogen CairnsImogen CairnsImogen Jane Cairns is an English gymnast. She has won the British Junior Championship twice, in 2003 & 2004. She is coached by Liz Kincaid at the Academy of Gymnastics in Portishead, Somerset. In 2005 at the DTB Cup She placed 4th on vault and 3rd for her floor exercise...
(born 1989), British gymnast - Jim CairnsJim CairnsJames Ford "J. F." Cairns , Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government...
(1914-2003), Australian politician - John Cairns (biochemist)John Cairns (biochemist)John Forster Cairns FRS is a British physician and molecular biologist who made significant contributions to molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health....
(born 1922), British biochemist - John B. CairnsJohn B. CairnsJohn Ballantyne Cairns is a retired minister of the Church of Scotland.Following a career as a solicitor, he studied theology and was ordained in 1974. His first charge was as minister at the parishes of Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk. He then became minister at Riverside Parish Church, Dumbarton...
(born 1942), former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland - John Cairns (Presbyterian) (1818-1892), 19th century Scottish divine and writer
- Kevin Cairns (Australian politician) (1929-1984)
- Kevin CairnsKevin CairnsKevin Cairns is an English former footballer who played as a left back in the Scottish Football League for Dundee United and in the Football League for Southport, where he spent most of his career. He then played non-league football for Wigan Athletic.-External links:* at Neil Brown's site...
(born 1937), English footballer - Lance CairnsLance CairnsBernard Lance Cairns is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns....
(born 1949), cricketer - Leah CairnsLeah CairnsLeah Cairns is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as one of the Raptor pilots, Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson, on the Sci Fi Channel television program Battlestar Galactica.-Biography:...
(born 1974), Canadian actress - Matt CairnsMatt CairnsMatt Cairns is a rugby union footballer who plays at hooker for Harlequins and has been capped for the England national side as well as representing England in the Saxons and Sevens teams as well as at several age group levels...
(born 1979), English rugby union player - Mark Cairns (squash player)Mark Cairns (squash player)Mark Cairns is a former professional squash player from England.Cairns reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 7 in 1995. In 1997, he won the British National Squash Championships and teamed-up with Chris Walker to win the men's doubles title at the inaugural World Doubles Squash...
(born 1967), English squash player - Mark Cairns (footballer)Mark Cairns (footballer)Mark Cairns is a Scottish professional association football player who played as a goalkeeper for , , , , , , , , and .-External links:...
(born 1969), Scottish football goalkeeper - Mark Cairns (magician) (born 1970), magician and mentalist
- Rachel Cairns (born 1988), British actress
- Scott CairnsScott CairnsScott Cairns is an American poet, memoirist and essayist.-Life:He was educated at Western Washington University with a BA, Hollins College with an MA, Bowling Green State University with an MFA, and the University of Utah with a PhD.He taught at Kansas State University, Westminster College,...
(born 1954), American poet - Tommy CairnsTommy CairnsTommy Cairns was a Scottish footballer who played for Bristol City, Peebles Rovers, St. Johnstone, Rangers, Bradford City and Scotland....
(1890-1967), Scottish footballer - Warwick CairnsWarwick CairnsWarwick Cairns is a British author.He was educated at Keele University in England and at Yale University in the United States, where he studied under Professor Harold Bloom....
(born 1962), British author - Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl CairnsWilfred Cairns, 4th Earl CairnsLieutenant- Colonel Wilfred Dallas Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns, CMG, DL was a peer of the United Kingdom and a Rifle Brigade officer....
(1865-1946) - William CairnsWilliam CairnsSir William Wellington Cairns, KCMG was a British colonial administrator, born in County Down, Ireland. He served in various senior colonial civil service posts in the British Empire before being appointed Governor of Queensland in January 1875. He held the post for two years before becoming...
(1828-1888), British colonial administrator