Description
St Helens Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
St Helens Beach is a coastal town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 197 people.
History
Yuwibara(also known as Yuibera, Yuri, Juipera, Yuwiburra) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwibara country. It is closely related to the Biri languages/dialects. The Yuwibara language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Mackay Region.
Giya (also known as Kia) is a language of North Queensland. The Giya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Whitsunday Regional Council, particularly the towns of Bowen and Proserpine.The town was originally known as Wootaroo but was changed to St Helens by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 April 1973 and then changed from St Helens to St Helens Beach on 2 September 1989. St Helens was the name of a pastoral run belonging to pastoralist John Macartney in the 1870s. The word beach is a reference to the sandy beach along the coastline of the Coral Sea.In the 2016 census the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 197 people.
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Population: 101-1000
Time zone: UTC +10:00
Area: 50.452 km2
Elevation: 11-50 metres
Town elevation: 14 m
Population number: 197
Local Government Area: Mackay Regional Council