Kuranda
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Kuranda or Koranda, may refer to:
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- Kuranda, QueenslandKuranda, QueenslandKuranda is a town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia, it is 25 kilometres from Cairns, via the Kuranda Range road. It is surrounded by rainforest. At the 2006 census, Kuranda had a population of 1,611.-History:...
, a town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia- Kuranda Range HighwayKuranda Range HighwayThe Kuranda Range road is an informally named section of the Kennedy Highway, located near Cairns that traverses the Macalister Range, connecting Smithfield and Kuranda, after which it is named. The winding road is approximately long, through rainforest from sealevel to an altitude metres above...
- Kuranda Range road
- Kuranda Scenic RailwayKuranda Scenic RailwayThe Kuranda Scenic Railway is a name for the railway line that runs from Cairns, Queensland, Australia to the nearby town of Kuranda. The tourist railway snakes its way up the Macalister Range and is no longer used for regular commuter services. It passes through the suburbs of Stratford,...
, a railway line runs from Cairns, Queensland, Australia to the nearby town of Kuranda - Kuranda SkyrailKuranda SkyrailSkyrail Rainforest Cableway is a scenic cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park from the Cairns suburb of Caravonica to Kuranda, Queensland. The development of Skyrail was controversial as some local residents believed that damage may be done to World Heritage listed rainforest...
, another name for the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway - Kuranda Butterfly FarmKuranda Butterfly FarmThe Kuranda Butterfly Sanctuary is an Australian butterfly zoo and exhibit situated in the centre of Kuranda Village.Kuranda Butterfly Sanctuary is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as Australia’s largest butterfly flight aviary and exhibit. The sanctuary was conceived, designed and built by...
, the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, situated in the centre of Kuranda Village
- Kuranda Range Highway
Family name
- Ignaz KurandaIgnaz KurandaIgnaz Kuranda was an Austrian deputy and political writer.- Establishes "Die Grenzboten" :His grandfather and father were dealers in second-hand books...
(1812–1884), Jewish Bohemian-Austrian deputy and political writer - Jarmila Kurandová (1890–1978), a Czech actress
- Hugo KurandaHugo KurandaHugo Kuranda is an Austrian skeleton racer who competed in the late 1940s. He competed in the skeleton event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, but did not finish.-References:* **...
(born 1910), an Austrian skeleton racer - Miroslav KorandaMiroslav KorandaMiroslav Koranda was a Czech rower who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics....
(1934–2008) - Richard KurandaRichard KurandaRichard Kuranda is an American director and artist of stage, cinema and television. He currently is the director of the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, Illinois and the current Artistic Director of an Off Broadway company, Epic Repertory Theater Company. He resides in Illinois with his...
, an US actor and theatrical director
Other
- Xyroptila kurandaXyroptila kurandaXyroptila kuranda is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in southern Sulawesi and Australia....
, a moth of the Pterophoridae family, found in southern Sulawesi and Australia - USAHS Ernestine Koranda, a hospital ship in the U.S. Navy