Point Vernon is a coastal
suburb
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in the
Fraser Coast Region
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 K'gari. ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Point Vernon had a population of 5,718 people.
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History
The suburb was named after headland Point Vernon, which was in turn named by Richard Bingham Sheridan
Richard Bingham Sheridan (1 August 1822 – 8 June 1897) was a Queensland public servant, liberal-oriented Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and government minister (minister without portfolio 1883–85 and later Post Master Gene ...
(the Harbour Master of Maryborough) in 1861 after Captain Charles Egerton Harcourt-Vernon, the commander of , which conveyed the first Governor of Queensland
The governor of Queensland is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the state of Queensland. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia, governor-general at the national level, the governor Governors of ...
, George Bowen
Sir George Ferguson Bowen ( zh, 寶雲; 2 November 1821 – 21 February 1899), was an Anglo-Irish author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and H ...
, to Queensland in 1859.[
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Demographics
In the , Point Vernon had a population of 5,699 people.
Education
There are no schools in Point Vernon. The nearest government primary school is Pialba State School in neighbouring Pialba
Pialba is a coastal town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the central business district of Hervey Bay. In the , the suburb of Pialba had a population of 4,151 ...
to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Hervey Bay State High School, also in Piabla.
Amenities
The Halcro Street Community Garden is located in Point Vernon at the Halcro Street Community Centre.
The Point Vernon/Pialba branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association
The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) is the Queensland chapter of the Country Women's Association in Australia. The association seeks to serve the interests of women and children in rural areas in Australia through a network of loca ...
meets at the QCWA Rooms at 7 Torquay Road, Pialba.
Facilities
Polson Cemetery is at 89 Corser Street ().
References
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{{Fraser Coast Region
Suburbs of Hervey Bay
Coastline of Queensland