St Helens Beach, Queensland

St Helens Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 197 people.[1]

For other uses, see St Helens, Queensland.

St Helens Beach
Queensland
St Helens Beach is located in Queensland
St Helens Beach
St Helens Beach
Coordinates20.8358°S 148.8405°E / -20.8358; 148.8405 (St Helens Beach (town centre))
Population197 (2016 census locality)[1]
 • Density5.038/km2 (13.05/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4798
Area39.1 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
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

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 founed 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]

In the 2016 census the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 197 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "St Helens Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "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.
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