River Heads is a coastal town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of River Heads had a population of 2,044 people.

Geography

River Heads is south of the city of

Hervey Bay Hervey Bay () is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately or 3½ hours' highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is located on the Hervey Bay (Queensland), bay of ...

. The town is built on a narrow peninsula surrounded by the

Great Sandy Strait The Great Sandy Strait is a strait in the Australian state of Queensland of length which separates mainland Queensland from Fraser Island. It is also a locality in the Fraser Coast Region local government area. In the , Great Sandy Strait had ...

(to the east), the mouth of the Mary River (to the south) and the mouth of the Susan River (a tributary of the Mary River) to the south-west. River Heads Road enters the locality from the north ( Booral) and extends south to the tip of the peninsula (being renamed Ariadne Street on the tip of the peninsula); it divides the locality with the urban area to the east and farmland to the west (mostly used as grazing on native vegetation).

History

River Heads was originally called Bingham, but was renamed on 22 November 1986. Bingham State School opened on 10 May 1915 (probably then known as Mary River Heads Provisional School). It closed on 5 September 1926. At the , the locality of River Heads had a population of 1,294. In the , the locality of River Heads had a population of 1,539 people. In the , the locality of River Heads had a population of 2,044 people.

Education

There are no schools in River Heads. The nearest government primary school is Sandy Strait State School in Urangan to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Urangan State High School, also in Urangan.

Transport

Vehicular ferries linking the mainland with Wanggoolba Creek and Kingfisher Bay Resort on

Fraser Island Fraser Island ( Butchulla: ) is a World Heritage-listed island along the south-eastern coast in the Wide Bay–Burnett region, Queensland, Australia. The island is approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane, and is within the Fras ...

depart from River Heads. The journey to Fraser Island takes 45 minutes. There are a number of boating facilities managed by the

Fraser Coast Regional Council The Fraser Coast Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the twin cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough and also contains Fraser ...

, including: * the barge ramp at Aridane Street used by the ferries () * the eastern boat ramp into the Great Sandy Strait () * the western boat ramp and floating walkway into the Mary River ()

References

External links

Town map of River Heads (northern section), 1983

Town map of River Heads (southern section), 1983
{{authority control Towns in Queensland Coastal towns in Queensland Wide Bay–Burnett Fraser Coast Region Localities in Queensland