Pialba is a coastal town and
suburb
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of
Hervey Bay in the
Fraser Coast Region,
Queensland, Australia.
It is the
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of Hervey Bay. In the , Pialba had a population of 3,678 people.
Geography
Pialba is a located north of
Brisbane on the southern shore of ''
Hervey Bay''. It is the central business district of the town of Hervey Bay.
History
The area was originally known as Point Vernon, until a town was surveyed and named Polson. On 19 March 1931 the town name was changed to Pialba, reflecting the long existing use of that name.
The
Hervey Bay railway line
Hervey Bay railway line, sometimes known as Urangan railway line, is a closed railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in 1896 to Pialba and it was extended to Urangan in 1913. It was extended to the end of the Urangan Pier in 1917 ...
from Maryborough to Pialba opened on 18 December 1896. It was used to transport harvested sugarcane to the
Maryborough Sugar Mill in addition to daily passenger trains. An extension to
Urangan
Urangan is a coastal suburb of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Urangan had a population of 9,764 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the north by Hervey Bay (the bay not the town, ) and to the ...
and the
Urangan Pier
Urangan Pier is a historic pier in Urangan, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.
It is a former deep-water, cargo-handling facility originally built to facilitate the export of sugar, timber and coal. The pier, served by the extension of the ...
opened on 19 December 1913. As the Pialba railway station was built so close to the beach (),
it was not possible to extend the line directly from the Pialba station. A junction was added before the Pialba station and the trains had to reverse out of the station in order to take the junction to Urangan. From 10 June 1929 a railmotor was used to operate the passenger services.
Pialba State School opened on 30 July 1884.
Radio broadcasting commenced in the Wide Bay area on Wednesday 14 January 1948 from a transmitter in Piabla under the call sign 4QB which is now
ABC Wide Bay
ABC Wide Bay is an ABC Local Radio station based in Bundaberg broadcasting to the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland. This includes the towns of Maryborough, Gympie, Hervey Bay and Mundubbera.
History
The station began broadcasting as 4Q ...
.
Hervey Bay State High School opened on 28 January 1964.
[
Hervey Bay Church of Christ was established in the mid-1970s. However some of the congregation felt that the ]Church of Christ Church of Christ may refer to:
Church groups
* When used in the plural, a New Testament designation for local groups of people following the teachings of Jesus Christ: "...all the churches of Christ greet you", Romans 16:16.
* The entire body of Ch ...
was adopting an overly liberal interpretation of the Bible and renamed themselves Hervey Bay Bible Church to better reflect their beliefs. Disagreements with the Church of Christ resulted in the congregation leaving the church premises and conducting their services in other premises, initially the QCWA Hall and then later at the Hervey Bay Community Centre.
In June 1985 a group of volunteers established the Women's Information Service which expanded over time to meet a wider range of community needs. It established a community centre in a house at 47 Taylor Street in 1987 and became an incorporated association in 1989. As the number of community programs expanded, larger premises were needed. On 5 December 2011 a new purpose-built Hervey Bay Community Centre was opened at 22 Charles Street.
The Hervey Bay Library opened in 1997 and had a major refurbishment in 2014.
In the , Pialba had a population of 3,678 people.
Heritage listings
Pialba has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Freedom Park, Main Street: Pialba Memorial Cenotaph
Education
Pialba State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Alice Street ().
Amenities
The Fraser Coast Regional Council operate the Hervey Bay library at 161 Old Maryborough Road, Pialba ().
The Point Vernon/Pialba branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Rooms at 7 Torquay Road, Pialba ().
The Hervey Bay Community Centre is at 22 Charles Street ().
All Saints Anglican Chapel is at 5 Peters Lane ().
Hervey Bay Gospel Church is at 44 Hunter Street ().
Bayside Christian Church is at 18 Neils Street ().
Hervey Bay Church of Christ is at 27 Neils Street ().
St Joseph's Catholic Church is at 22 Torquay Road (but accessed from Bryant Street, ).
Hervey Bay Bible Church meets at the Hervey Bay Community Centre each Sunday.
LifeChurch Hervey Bay meets at the Community Centre at 22 Charles Street. It is part of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia.
References
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Suburbs of Hervey Bay
Fraser Coast Region
Coastline of Queensland
Central business districts in Australia