Cannonvale, Queensland

Cannonvale
Queensland
Cannonvale
Coordinates 20°17′11″S 148°41′12″E / 20.2863°S 148.6866°E / -20.2863; 148.6866Coordinates: 20°17′11″S 148°41′12″E / 20.2863°S 148.6866°E / -20.2863; 148.6866
Postcode(s) 4802
Area 8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
LGA(s) Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s) Whitsunday
Federal Division(s) Dawson
Suburbs around Cannonvale:
Whitsundays Whitsundays Airlie Beach
Woodwark Cannonvale Cape Conway
Cannon Valley Cannon Valley Cape Conway

Cannonvale is a locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

History

The locality was originally named Cannon Valley in 1866 by George Strong Nares, commander of HMS Salamander, after Richard Cannon, the Assistant Surgeon on the ship. Town allotments near the beach on Pioneer Bay were sold by public auction in 1904 under the name Cannonvale.[1]

Cannonvale State School opened on 8 February 1892 and closed on 21 August 1942.[2]

Facilities

The Whitsunday Regional Council operates a public library in the Whitsunday Plaza Shopping Centre 8 Galbraith Park Drive Cannonvale 4802.[3] The current library facility opened in 2006.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cannonvale - locality in Whitsunday Region (entry 49530)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools". Education Queensland. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Cannonvale library". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Queensland Public Library Statistical Bulletin 2016-17" (PDF). Public Libraries Connect. November 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  • "Cannonvale". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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