Conway Beach is a coastal
locality in the
Whitsunday Region,
Queensland, Australia.
In the , Conway Beach had a population of 80 people.
History
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
James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...
, captain of .
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Geography
The estuary of the '' Proserpine River'', where it enters the ''Coral Sea
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 down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fre ...
'', forms the southern boundary.
References
Whitsunday Region
Coastline of Queensland
Localities in Queensland
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