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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 .
Population: 1,312 (2021 census) [1] Postcode(s) 4802: ... In September 2024 the Whitsundays Writers Festival returned after a seven year hiatus. [26] References
Population: 6,596 (2021 census) [1] ... Whitsunday Christian College is a private primary and secondary ... This page was last edited on 25 July 2024, ...
It is the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands and a popular year-round tourist destination. Hamilton Island is one of the only islands in the Great Barrier Reef with a commercial airport, offering direct flights from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. [4] In the 2021 census, Hamilton Island had a population of 1,759 people. [2]
Rank Urban Centre Population Region Notes 2021 census 2016 census 2011 census; 1 Brisbane: 2,287,896 [1]: 2,054,614 [2]1,874,427 [3]South East Queensland: 2 Gold Coast
Whitsunday is a coastal town in the locality of Airlie Beach in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, ... This page was last edited on 20 June 2024, at 01:44 (UTC).