Cannonvale is a coastal

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in the

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, Australia. In the Cannonvale had a population of 5,716 people.

Geography

Pioneer Bay (part of the

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, ) forms the northern boundary of the locality. Pigeon Island is a marine island () within Pioneer Bay. It is a roosting area for the Nutmeg pigeon which migrate south to the Whitsundays in large numbers in the summer months each year. Shingley Beach () is a sandy strip on the far north-eastern coast of the locality extending into neighbouring locality of

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. Scrubby Hill () is high and on the northern coast of the locality. The Proserpine-Shute Harbour Road (State Route 59) runs through from south-west to north-east.

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. However, the local people preferred to call it Cannon Valley Beach. In 1930, the post office name was changed to Deauville but in 1947 was renamed Cannonvale Beach. It is now simply Cannonvale, while the name '' Cannon Valley'' is retained by the inland area. Cannon Valley State School and Cannonvale State School

Cannon Valley State School and Cannonvale State School

Cannon Vale Provisional School opened on 8 February 1892. It closed in 1908, but then reopened on a new site on the north-eastern corner of Shute Harbour Road and Abell Road () as Cannon Valley State School on 23 April 1910 to service the local farming community. Despite the school's name, it was not within the present-day Cannon Valley. In 1968 it was decided to relocate the school back into Cannonvale as the majority of the students were coming from Cannonvale. The new school buildings in Cannonvale opened in July 1969 with 84 students and the school was then renamed Cannonvale State School. Sponsored by the Whitsunday Baptist Church, Whitsunday Christian College opened in January 1997 with approximately 30 students. It operated from a number of sites before establishing its current Paluma Drive campus which officially opened on 29 November 2002. On 31 January 1987, the town of Cannonvale was amalgamated into a larger town of

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. The Cannonvale public library opened in 2006. In January-February 2010, storm surges caused by Cyclone Anthony battered the coastline. In the Cannonvale had a population of 5,716 people.

Education

Cannonvale State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 56 Coral Esplanade (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 765 students with 55 teachers (53 full-time equivalent) and 28 non-teaching staff (22 full-time equivalent). It includes a

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program. Whitsunday Christian College is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 26 Paluma Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 282 students with 22 teachers (20 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent). There is no government secondary school in Cannonvale. The nearest government secondary school is

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in Proserpine to the south-west.

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has its Whitsunday campus at 190 Shute Harbour Road (). It provides technical and vocational education in the areas of hospitality, cookery, early childhood education, and child care.

Facilities

Damaged boat near Volunteer Marine Rescue Whitsunday in Cannonvale

Whitsunday Police Station is at 8 Altmann Avenue (). Cannonvale

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Facility is at 22 Schnapper Street (). Whitsunday Community Health is at 12 Altmann Street (). Whitsunday Ambulance Station is at 7 Schnapper Street (). The Volunteer Marine Rescue Whitsunday are based at 7 Altmann Avenue (). They protect the area from Gloucester Island to the north to Cape Conway and

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to the south. They use the adjacent Whisper Bay boat ramp.

Amenities

The

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operates a public library in the Whitsunday Plaza Shopping Centre, 8 Galbraith Park Drive (). St Martin's Church is at 4 St Martins Road (). It is jointly owned by the Catholic and Lutheran churches, but is also used for Baptist, Anglican and Uniting Church services. Abell Point Marina is a boat ramp at off Shingley Drive at Shingley Beach (); it is managed by the

. Whisper Bay boat ramp and floating walkway is at Altmann Avenue (); it is managed by the Whitsunday Regional Council.

References

External links

* {{Whitsunday Region Whitsunday Region Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland