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Cape Conway, Queensland

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Coordinates: 20°21′10″S 148°44′59″E / 20.3527°S 148.7497°E / -20.3527; 148.7497
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Cape Conway
Queensland
Cape Conway is located in Queensland
Cape Conway
Cape Conway
Coordinates20°21′10″S 148°44′59″E / 20.3527°S 148.7497°E / -20.3527; 148.7497
Population0 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)4800
Area331.4 km2 (128.0 sq mi)
LGA(s)Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s)Whitsunday
Federal division(s)Dawson
Suburbs around Cape Conway:
Cannonvale
Cannon Valley
Brandy Creek		 Airlie Beach
Jubilee Pocket
Mandalay		 Flametree
Mount Rooper
Mount Marlow
Preston
Palm Grove		 Cape Conway Whitsundays
Conway
Conway Beach		 Coral Sea Coral Sea

Cape Conway is a locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[3]

History

The locality name derives from the geographic feature Cape Conway which was named on 3 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook on the HM Bark Endeavour after Henry Seymour Conway, the Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1765 to 1766 and Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1766 to 1768.[3]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cape Conway (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cape Conway (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Cape Conway – locality in Whitsunday Region (entry 46857)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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