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Prior to 2008, the new Whitsunday Region was an entire area of two previous and distinct local government areas: the Shire of Bowen;; and the Shire of Whitsunday.; The Bowen Municipality was constituted on 7 August 1863 under the Municipalities Act 1858 (a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Queensland at its separation four years earlier).
Whitsundays is an island group locality that consists of the Whitsunday Group of islands. It is in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is off the Queensland east coast in the Coral Sea, which is a mix of inhabited and uninhabited islands. [3] In the 2021 census, Whitsundays had a population of 2,281 people. [1]
The Whitsunday Islands are 74 continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, 900 kilometres (560 miles) north of Brisbane. [1] The northernmost of the islands are off the coast by the town of Bowen, while the southernmost islands are off the coast by Proserpine.
In 1999, the five-star Beach Club opened. The island was purchased by the Oatley family in 2003, operators of a winemaking business, and was listed for sale in 2023. [10] Hamilton Island State School opened on 28 January 1986. [11]
Long Island is a member of the Whitsunday Island group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia.It is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) in length and is at its widest point only 400 metres (1,300 ft) [1].
The town takes its name from the Whitsunday Passage which was named on 4 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook of HMS Endeavour because it was religious festival of Whitsun. [1]
The only habitation on Hook Island is the Hook Island Wilderness Resort which formerly offered the most affordable on-land accommodation in the Whitsunday group before its closure.
The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour.It contains many popular destinations for both day visitors and overnight sailors, including the magnificent pure-white sands of Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet, the secure anchorage of Cid Harbour, and the sheltered waterway of Gulnare Inlet.