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By 1929 the Wide Bay district (of which Hervey Bay was a part) was the second highest milk producer after the Moreton District. However, when the dairy industry declined in Queensland from the 1950s onwards, due to increased competition, a loss of butter markets and higher overheads, many farmers either switched to bulk milk production or left ...
Hervey Bay and the Fraser Coast region's largest shopping centre is Stockland Hervey Bay. [50] It is a regional shopping centre located in the suburb of Urraween. Stockland Acquired the centre in April 2011, at the time it had a floor area of 15,600 square metres, and 48 stores.
On 20 December 1975, the Shire of Burrum was renamed the Shire of Hervey Bay with effect from the local government elections of 27 March 1976. With the new focus on the coastal region, 1,086.4 km 2 (419.5 sq mi) of its area, with an estimated population of 1,119, was annexed by the City of Maryborough , while 1,269.0 km 2 (490.0 sq mi) with an ...
Hervey Bay is a bay of the Coral Sea in the Bundaberg Region and Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. [1] The bay covers 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi) with a main opening facing northwards. The northern end of the bay is about 80 km wide and its average depth is about 20 metres. [2] In the south of the bay lies the Great Sandy ...
This arcade, one of the earliest examples of a shopping centre in Australia and one of many of its kind in Sydney's city centre, ran from George Street near the markets, through to Pitt Street. Broadway Shopping Centre, Sydney CBD; Central Park Mall, Sydney CBD; The Galeries, Sydney CBD; Glasshouse, Sydney CBD; Market City, Sydney CBD; MidCity ...
In a "Notice to Mariners" in the Queensland Government Gazette, in 1865, mention was made of the Burrum River which formed part of Hervey Bay, and that, when property beaconed and buoyed, the river would be easy steamers and small craft to navigate. In the same year, orders were sent for two lights for Hervey's Bay, as Hervey Bay was then known.
However, as the Wide Bay area was a chief producer of produce and freight, the Queensland Government made a decision to build a pier at Hervey Bay. Urangan Seawall, Pier in the background A plaque at the Urangan Pier; placed in 1999, commemorating the re-opening of the Urangan Pier. Construction on the Urangan Pier began in 1913.
It is located 284 kilometres (176 mi) north of Brisbane and 37 kilometres (23 mi) west of Hervey Bay. In the 2021 census , the locality of Howard had a population of 1,394 people. [ 1 ]