Marcus Beach is a coastal
suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...
in the
Shire of Noosa,
Queensland, Australia.
In the , Marcus Beach had a population of 757 people.
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Geography
The suburb takes its name from the beach Marcus Beach () which extends north in neighbouring Castaways Beach.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 ...
, to the south-east by Peregian Creek, to the west by Lake Weyba
Lake Weyba is a large shallow salt lake in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
Lake Weyba is an important fish-breeding habitat. In the early 1900s, Lake Weyba had a large number of stingrays, which would have been easy targets for spe ...
() and to the north-east (in part) by Castaways Creek.
History
Marcus Beach was named after the property developer, Marcus Burke, the grandson of T.M. Burke.local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
of Shire of Noosa (but between 2008 and 2013 it was within Sunshine Coast Region
The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia.
It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires of Maroochy and Noosa. It cont ...
).
In the , Marcus Beach had a population of 757 people.
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{{Noosa Shire
Suburbs of Noosa Shire, Queensland
Beaches of Queensland