St Helens Beach, Queensland
| St Helens Beach Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  St Helens Beach | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°50′09″S 148°50′26″E / 20.8358°S 148.8405°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 175 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4798 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mackay Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Whitsunday | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Dawson | ||||||||||||||
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St Helens Beach is a town and a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3]
History
The town was originally known as Wootaroo but was changed to St Helens Beach by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 April 1973. St Helens was the name of from a pastoral run belonging to pastoralist John Macartney in the 1870s. The word ''beach'' is a reference to the sandy beach along the coastline of the Coral Sea.[2]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "St Helens Beach (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "St Helens Beach – town in Mackay Region (entry 40893)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "St Helens Beach – locality in Mackay Region (entry 46841)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
