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| Hervey Bay Queensland | |||||||||
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View over the city and Hervey Bay Airport towards the Great Sandy Strait War Memorial in Freedom Park Humpback whale in Hervey Bay with K'gari | |||||||||
  Hervey Bay | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°17′S 152°50′E / 25.29°S 152.84°E | ||||||||
| Population |
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| • Density | 586.6/km2 (1,519.4/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4655 | ||||||||
| Area | 93.2 km2 (36.0 sq mi)[3] (2011 urban) | ||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Fraser Coast Region | ||||||||
| Region | Wide Bay-Burnett | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hervey Bay | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hinkler | ||||||||
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Hervey Bay (/ˈhɑːrvi/)[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 is located on the bay of the same name open to the Coral Sea between the Queensland mainland and nearby K'gari (also known as Fraser Island).[6] The local economy relies on tourism which is based primarily around whale watching in Platypus Bay to the north, ferry access to K'gari, accessible recreational fishing and boating and the natural north facing, calm beaches with wide undeveloped foreshore zones. In October 2019, Hervey Bay was named the First Whale Heritage Site in the world by the World Cetacean Alliance, for its commitment to and practices of sustainable whale and dolphin watching.[7] A 2010 study by Deakin University showed that people on the Fraser Coast area including Hervey Bay, were the happiest in Australia.[8] At June 2018, there were an estimated 54,674 people in Hervey Bay,[1] having grown by an annual average of 1.31% year-on-year over the preceding five years.[1]
The area that became Hervey Bay is on the traditional lands of the Butchulla people. The city takes its name from Hervey Bay, named by James Cook in 1770 in honour of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol. Several small townships developed along the bayside, the earliest being Pialba in 1863.[9] From 1863 to 1906, the Wide Bay region became a central part of the Pacific Slave trade, with more than 12 thousand South Sea Islanders brought to the cotton and sugarcane plantations in Maryborough and Hervey Bay.[10] During World War II, the region operated a training school for the Z Special Unit special forces. Hervey Bay boomed from the 1980s on and was proclaimed a city in 1984.[11]
- ^ a b c "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18: Population Estimates by Significant Urban Area, 2008 to 2018". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
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Census2016was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "2011 Census Community Profiles: Hervey Bay". ABS Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Hervey Bay". Macquarie Dictionary. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Hervey Bay – population centre in Fraser Coast Region (entry 46749)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Hervey Bay – bay in Fraser Coast Region (entry 15808)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ Hegarty, ABC News: Nicole (11 October 2019). "World-first Whale Heritage Site status awarded to Hervey Bay". ABC News. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Walker, Carlie (10 January 2013). "Double dose of happiness for Hervey Bay man". The Courier Mail. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Boyle Martin Landing Site". Fraser Coast Regional Council. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Point Vernon - Kanaka Memorial". Fraser Coast Regional Council. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Hervey Bay, QLD". Aussietowns. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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