St Helens Beach, Queensland

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St Helens Beach
Queensland
St Helens Beach is located in Queensland
St Helens Beach
St Helens Beach
Coordinates20°50′09″S 148°50′26″E / 20.8358°S 148.8405°E / -20.8358; 148.8405 (St Helens Beach (town centre))
Population175 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density4.476/km2 (11.59/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4798
Area39.1 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Mackay Region
State electorate(s)Whitsunday
Federal division(s)Dawson
Localities around St Helens Beach:
Mentmore Mentmore Coral Sea
Pindi Pindi St Helens Beach Coral Sea
Calen Calen Coral Sea

St Helens Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 175 people.[1]

History

Yuwibara (also known as Yuibera, Yuri, Juipera, Yuwiburra) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwibara country. It is closely related to the Biri languages/dialects. The Yuwibara language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Mackay Region.[4]

Giya (also known as Kia) is a language of North Queensland. The Giya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Whitsunday Regional Council, particularly the towns of Bowen and Proserpine.[5]

The town was originally known as Wootaroo but was changed to St Helens by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 April 1973 and then changed from St Helens to St Helens Beach on 2 September 1989. St Helens was the name of a pastoral run founded by pastoralists R. W. Graham and brothers John and William Macartney in the 1870s.[6] The word beach is a reference to the sandy beach along the coastline of the Coral Sea.[2]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 197 people.[7]

In the 2021 census, the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 175 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in St Helens Beach. The nearest government primary schools are Calen District State College in neighbouring Calen to the south and Pindi Pindi State School in neighbouring Pindi Pindi to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Calen District State College (to Year 12).[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "St Helens Beach (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "St Helens Beach – town in Mackay Region (entry 40893)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "St Helens Beach – locality in Mackay Region (entry 46841)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Yuwibara". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ This Wikipedia article incorporates CC BY 4.0 licensed text from: "Indigenous languages map of Queensland". State Library of Queensland. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ^ "District Place Names". Daily Mercury. Vol. 56, no. 562. Queensland, Australia. 9 December 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 7 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "St Helens Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 October 2024.