Oak Beach, Queensland

Oak Beach
Oak Beach; Queensland
	Oak Beach
Coordinates	16°36′01″S145°31′18″E / 16.6002°S 145.5216°E Coordinates: 16°36′01″S145°31′18″E / 16.6002°S 145.5216°E
Population	195 (2016 census) [1]
• Density
Postcode(s)	4877
Area	7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
LGA(s)	Shire of Douglas
State electorate(s)	Cook
Federal Division(s)	Leichhardt
	Localities around Oak Beach:

Last updated June 04, 2019

Oak Beach is a coastal town and a locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.^[2]^[3] In the 2016 census, Oak Beach had a population of 195 people.^[1]

Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs.

The Shire of Douglas is a local government area in Far North Queensland. It is located on the coast north of the city of Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mossman, covers an area of 2,436.7 square kilometres (940.8 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1880 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the City of Cairns to become the Cairns Region. Following a poll in 2013, the Shire of Douglas was re-established on 1 January 2014.

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

Geography

Oak Beach is bounded by the Coral Sea to east and completely surrounded by the locality of Mowbray on all its land boundaries.^[4]

The Coral Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) down the Australian northeast coast.

Mowbray is a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Mowbray had a population of 321 people.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 8 September 2000.^[3]

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References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Oak Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
↑ "Oak Beach - town in Shire of Douglas (entry 24978)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 November 2018.
1 2 "Oak Beach - locality in Shire of Douglas (entry 48816)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 November 2018.
↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 3 June 2019.

External links

Town map of Oak Beach, 1972

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[Census2016-1] 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Oak Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[qpnt-2] "Oak Beach - town in Shire of Douglas (entry 24978)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 November 2018.

[qpnl-3] 1 2 "Oak Beach - locality in Shire of Douglas (entry 48816)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 November 2018.

[globe-4] "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 3 June 2019.

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Bamboo Bloomfield Bonnie Doon Cape Tribulation Cassowary Cooya Beach Cow Bay Craiglie Dagmar Daintree Dedin Degarra Diwan Finlayvale Forest Creek Killaloe Kimberley Low Isles Lower Daintree Miallo Mossman Mossman Gorge Mowbray Newell Noah Oak Beach Port Douglas Rocky Point Shannonvale Spurgeon Stewart Creek Valley Syndicate Thornton Beach Upper Daintree Wangetti Whyanbeel Wonga Wonga Beach
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