El Arish, Queensland

El Arish is a small town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, El Arish had a population of 442 people.HistoryThe town is named after the city of Arish in Egypt where the Australian Light Horse saw action in December 1916 and which was later developed as a major base area with an allied hospital.The town was founded in 1921 as a soldier settlement area. Many of the streets were named after high-ranking officers, including: Chauvel Street after General Harry Chauvel Glasgow Street after Major General Thomas William Glasgow Monash Street after General John Monash Royston Street after Brigadier General John Royston Ryrie Street after Major General Granville RyrieAnd some were named after general veterans such as: Francis Martin Street after Francis Paxton Martin who set up some soldier settlements in El Arish in the 1920s. The El Arish War Memorial is located on the south-west corner of Monash and Ryrie Streets.The Maria Creek State School opened on 13 May 1922; it was renamed El Arish State School in 1925.El Arish Post Office opened by 1926 (a receiving office had been open from 1921).