Hervey Bay, Queensland
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The beach in Hervey Bay looking towards Point Vernon |
Hervey Bay (
[Hervey Bay page at Geoscience Australia]) is a rapidly growing resort city and
Local Government Area in south eastern
Queensland,
Australia. City population is 43,298 (Census
2001), with the city covering an area of 2,356 square kilometres, under the administrative control of the Hervey Bay City Council.
The bay was named by
Captain Cook (in the Admiralty copy of his journal) when he passed there on
21 May 1770, after naval officer
The Hon. Augustus Hervey.
[Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour, Miegunyah Press, second edition 2003, ISBN 0-522-85093-6.]The city is situated on the shores of the South
Pacific Ocean, and is only a short distance from
Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island. The local economy thrives on tourists, for whom
whale watching and
Fraser Island itself are the major drawcards. Recent figures (
2004) suggest that more than 600,000 people visit the city each year.
Until recent years, Hervey Bay was a string of small townships stretching along the coast. In 1976 the population was only 8,000. Rapid population growth can, in a large part, be attributed to the sea change phenomenon, with large numbers of retirees seeking a relaxed coastal lifestyle.
The City of Hervey Bay was originally an amalgamation of seaside villages including:
* Pialba
* Point Vernon
* Scarness
* Torquay
* UranganAs the city has grown so much there are now new suburbs and these have merged into each other:
* Pialba
* Point Vernon
* Scarness
* Torquay
* Urangan
* Urraween
* Eli Waters
* KawunganTowns outside the Hervey Bay area but within the city:
* River Heads
* Dundowran
* Toogoom
* Craignish
* Booral
* Aldershot
* Howard
* Torbanlea
* Burrum Heads
*
Maryborough, Queensland *
Bundaberg, Queensland* Primary
**
Fraser Coast Anglican College**
Pialba State School**
Kawungan State School**
Torquay State School** Sandy Straits State School
** Star of the Sea Primary School
** Urangan Point State School
* Secondary
**
Fraser Coast Anglican College** Hervey Bay Senior College
**
Hervey Bay State High School**
Urangan State High School**
Xavier Catholic College* Tertiary
** University of Southern Queensland
Hervey Bay has two
sister cities, according to the
Australian Sister Cities Association.
*
Otsuki,
Japan*
Temuka,
New Zealand*
The Hervey Bay Gossip Website (News)*
The Hervey Bay City Council *
Hervey Bay Schools ~ Educational Excellence and Opportunities
