Zilzie is a coastal
locality in the
Livingstone Shire,
Queensland, Australia.
In the , Zilzie had a population of 2,713 people.
Geography
Contiguous with
Emu Park, the town is located on the
Capricorn Coast, north north west of the state capital,
Brisbane east of the city of
Rockhampton
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...
and approx south of
Yeppoon.
History
Zilzie was named for Zilzie Point, the coastal northern end of the suburb, which was named after a property in the area which was owned by Arthur Bootle Wilbraham, who made an
anagram
An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. For example, the word ''anagram'' itself can be rearranged into ''nag a ram'', also the word ...
of Lizzie (née Jardine), the name of his wife.
Between 2008 and 2013, Zilzie and the rest of the Shire of Livingstone were part of the
Rockhampton Region.
Population
* 2006: 1153
* 2011: 1890
* 2016: 2713
Facilities
Emu Park-Zilzie Sewage Treatment Plant is at 3620 Emu Park Road ().
References
Towns in Queensland
Coastal towns in Queensland
Shire of Livingstone
Localities in Queensland
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