Paget is a coastal suburb of

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Paget had a population of 273 people.

Geography

Paget is bounded to the east by the Coral Sea, to the west by the

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, and to the south by Bakers Creek. The suburb is principally used for industrial purposes. The North Coast railway line passes from south to north through the suburb with the

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located in Paget (). The land is flat and low-lying (below 10 metres above sea level). The western part of the suburb is principally used for industrial purposes where there is good road and rail access while the eastern oceanside part of the suburb is much less developed. Paget Junction railway station to the north of Mackay railway station () was the junction of the North Coast railway line with the now-closed

Mackay railway line The Mackay Railway was a line situated in the Pioneer River valley in North Queensland, Australia. It opened in a series of sections between 1885 and 1911. It had three short branches, parts of which were initially built by the local governmen ...

. The Bakers Creek Conservation Park occupies the south-east headland created by Bakers Creek entering into the Coral Sea. It is a protected area due to the need to preserve the shorebird habitat consisting of intertidal zones and mangroves; it has been declared a nationally important area for shorebirds. It has a population of the vulnerable species ''Eracus neglectus'' (beach stone-curlew). It is considered of internationally significant for migrating shorebirds such as the ''

Charadrius mongolus The Siberian sand plover (''Charadrius mongolus'') is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The International Ornithologists' Union split the Tibetan sand plover from the lesser sand plover and changed its vernacular name to Siberian san ...

(''lesser sand plover), '' Numenius madagascariensis (''eastern curlew), ''

Calidris tenuirostris __NOTOC__ The great knot (''Calidris tenuirostris'') is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidrid species. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside bird ...

'' (great knot) and ''

Haematopus fuliginosus The sooty oystercatcher (''Haematopus fuliginosus'') is a species of oystercatcher. It is a wading bird endemic to Australia and commonly found on its coastline. It prefers rocky coastlines, but will occasionally live in estuaries. All of its fea ...

'' (sooty oystercatcher).

History

Walter Trueman Paget - Queensland Politician

The suburb takes its name from the Paget Junction railway station, which, in turn, was named by

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on 30 October 1913, in honour of politician Walter Trueman Paget who was the Secretary for Railways 1908 to 1915. In 1943, Paget Junction was shortened to Paget. Mackay Ambulance Station was at on the corner of Alfred Street and Sydney Street in the

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until 2006, when it was relocated to Paget. In the , Paget had a population of 273 people.

Education

There are no schools in Paget. The nearest government primary schools are Mackay West State School in neighbouring

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to the north and Dundula State School in neighbouring Bakers Creek to the south.

Facilities

Mackay Ambulance Station is at 3 Transport Avenue (). Paget Waste Transfer Station & Recycling Centre is at 42 Crichtons Rd (). Paget Telephone Exchange is at 89 Broadsound Road ().

Amenities

Leprechaun Park is a sports centre at 435 Milton Street (). It is the home ground for Mackay's Brothers Rugby League Club.

References

{{Mackay Region Suburbs of Mackay, Queensland