Holloways Beach

Holloways Beach is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.

Holloways Beach is a coastal suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 census, the suburb recorded a population of 2,347. The town of Holloway Beach (note the different spelling) is within the suburb (16.8333°S 145.7333°E? / -16.8333; 145.7333? (Holloway Beach)).

Holloways Beach is situated in the Djabugay (Tjapukai) traditional Aboriginal country. Richard Holloway came to Cairns in 1910 and was farming in the area in 1926. The area was officially named Holloway in 1951, renamed Holloway Beach in 1971 and then Holloways Beach in 1981. In 2002, the area was gazetted as a suburb of Cairns rather than as a rural locality.Land was acquired in October 1951 for a school. However, in December 1951, a school bus service was established to take the students to Cairns Intermediate School and Cairns North State School. In October 1954, the Queensland Government allocated £2341 to relocate Woree's school buildings to Holloway's Beach and then repair and repaint the buildings. Holloway's Beach State School opened on 23 May 1955. It closed on 13 June 1966. School children now attend Machans Beach State School or other schools further away and Holloways Beach is in the catchment area for Cairns High School.