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Urangan is a coastal suburb of the city of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , Urangan had a population of 10,988 people. [ 1 ]
Hervey Bay railway line, sometimes known as Urangan railway line, is a closed railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in 1896 to Pialba and it was extended to Urangan in 1913. It was extended to the end of the Urangan Pier in 1917, along with the opening of the pier. [ 1 ]
This is a route-map template for the Hervey Bay (Urangan) railway line, a closed railway line in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
Urangan Pier is a historic pier in Urangan, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. It is a former deep-water, cargo-handling facility originally built to facilitate the export of sugar, timber and coal. The pier, served by the extension of the railway line from Pialba , [ 1 ] was used for the transfer of cargo between rail and ships.
Hervey Bay (/ ˈ h ɑːr v i /) [4] is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. [5] The city is situated approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) or 3½ hours' highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane.
It was declared a port of entry in 1859 and soon became the major port of entry for immigrants to Queensland. Dalgaroom pastoral run was established in the Hervey Bay area in 1855. Timbergetting began in the district in the mid 1860's, resulting in cleared tracts of land suitable for crop farming.
Queensland is in the process of converting to an alphanumeric route numbering system, with a letter denoting the importance and standard of the route. The previous shield-based system consisted of various route types – national highways, national routes, and state routes – with each type depicted by a different route marker design.
Scarness is a coastal suburb of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , Scarness had a population of 3,646 people. [ 1 ]