Healy, Queensland

Healy
Mount Isa, Queensland
Healy
Coordinates 20°44′54″S 139°30′03″E / 20.7482°S 139.5009°E / -20.7482; 139.5009Coordinates: 20°44′54″S 139°30′03″E / 20.7482°S 139.5009°E / -20.7482; 139.5009
Population 1,878 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density 626/km2 (1,621/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4825
Area 3.0 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
LGA(s) City of Mount Isa
State electorate(s) Traeger
Federal Division(s) Kennedy
Suburbs around Healy:
Parkside
Mornington		 Townview Fisher
Happy Valley Healy Fisher
Mica Creek Spreadborough Fisher

Healy is a suburb of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.[2]

History

On 1 September 1973 the suburb was named after Edward Kevin Emmett Healy, Under Secretary in the Queensland Department of Mines.[2]

Healy State School opened on 24 January 1972.[3]

Education

Healy State School is a primary (P-6) school for boys and girls operated by the Queensland Government at 5-9 Thomson Road. In 2016 the school had an enrolment of 163 students (83 of whom identify as Indigenous) with 12 teachers (11 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Healy (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 "Healy - suburb in City of Mount Isa (entry 42460)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. ↑ "2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Healy State School. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  • "Mount Isa suburbs". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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