Point Arkwright is a coastal

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Point Arkwright had a population of 309 people.

Geography

Point Arkwright is the location of Luther Heights Youth Camp (), used by the Lutheran Youth of Queensland for their Christian Life Week Camps. It is a site with 338 beds.

History

The headland () which the suburb was named after was originally called Petrie Heads after the first settler of Brisbane

Andrew Petrie Andrew Petrie (June 1798 – 20 February 1872) was a Scottish-Australian pioneer, architect and builder in Brisbane, Queensland. Early life Andrew Petrie was born in June 1798 in Fife, Scotland, to parents Walter Petrie and Margaret (''née'' ...

who had explored this region of Southern Queensland in the early 1840s. The headland being named as Point Arkwright would appear to post-date 1861 as that is the year that Lt. Heath RN named the associated headland of Point Cartwright as Point Raper. As both Point Cartwright and Point Arkwright are thought to have been named together in recognition of the English inventors, it would have to have been some time after 1861 when Point Raper was being used for Point Cartwright. The Point Arkwright name is believed to be named after Sir

Richard Arkwright Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as ...

, who invented the machinery for cotton spinning factories. It is not known who bestowed the Point Arkwright name as it was obviously intended to be grouped with Point Cartwright, which was named after

Edmund Cartwright Edmund Cartwright (24 April 174330 October 1823) was an English inventor. He graduated from Oxford University and went on to invent the power loom. Married to local Elizabeth McMac at 19, he was the brother of Major John Cartwright, a politic ...

who developed weaving and combing equipment which complement Arkwright's inventions.

Demographics

In the , Point Arkwright had a population of 273 people. In the , Point Arkwright had a population of 309 people.

Education

There are no schools in Point Arkwright. The nearest primary school is Coolum State School in Coolum Beach. The nearest secondary school is

Coolum State High School Coolum State High School is a coeducational public secondary school based in Coolum Beach in the Sunshine Coast Region of Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Aust ...

also in Coolum Beach and Coolum Beach Christian College in Yandina Creek, Queensland located 10 minutes from Coolum Beach.

References

{{Sunshine Coast Region Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Headlands of Queensland