| Conway Beach Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 View from the cliff at low tide, Conway Beach, 1937-1938 | |||||||||||||||
  Conway Beach | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°28′29″S148°44′49″E / 20.4747°S 148.7469°E | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4800 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Whitsunday Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Whitsunday | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Dawson | ||||||||||||||
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Conway Beach is a coastal locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. [1] In the 2021 census, Conway Beach had a population of 75 people. [2]
The locality is bounded to the south by Repulse Bay of the Coral Sea. [3]
The locality takes its name from Cape Conway which was in turn named after politician Henry Seymour Conway on 3 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook, captain of HMS Endeavour. [1] [4]
In the 2016 census, Conway Beach had a population of 80 people. [5]
In the 2021 census, Conway Beach had a population of 75 people. [2]
There are no schools in Conway Beach. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Proserpine State School and Proserpine State High School, both in Proserpine to the north-west. [3]
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