Tin Can Bay

Tin Can Bay is a coastal town and locality in the Wide Bay–Burnett region in Queensland, Australia.

Tin Can Bay is a coastal town and locality in the Wide Bay–Burnett region in Queensland, Australia. The locality is split between the Fraser Coast Region (the northern part of the locality) and the Gympie Region (southern part of the locality), but the town itself is within Gympie Region. In the 2016 census, Tin Can Bay had a population of 2,242 people.

The town was originally called Wallu, but was changed to Tin Can Bay in 1937. The origins of "Tin Can" are uncertain, but is believed to be derived from an indigenous name, possibly ''tinchin'' meaning ''mangrove'' in the Yugarabul dialect of the Yuggera language, or '''tinken''' meaning '''vine with large ribbed leaves''' from Doombarah Clan, Dulinbara dialect, Kabi language,or '''Tuncanbar''', thought to refer to the dugongs that frequent the inlet. European settlement began in the 1870s as the point where logs would be floated to the timber mills at Maryborough.Tin Can Bay later became, and still remains, an important fishing port, with a focus on prawns as well as recreational fishing.Wallu State School opened on 1 February 1934 and was renamed Tin Can Bay State School in 1937.The Tin Can Bay Library opened in 1985 and underwent a major refurbishment in 2005.Tin Can Bay was formerly in the Shire of Cooloola until its amalgamation in 2008 into the Gympie Region.

At the 2011 census, Tin Can Bay had a population of 1,994.