St Helens Beach is a coastal town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 175 people.

History

Yuwibara The Yuwibara, also written Yuibera and Juipera and also known as Yuwi, after their language, are an Aboriginal Australian people, originating from the area around present-day Mackay, on the east coast of Queensland, Australia. Country Accord ...

(''also known as ''Yuibera, Yuri, Juipera, Yuwiburra)'' is an

Australian Aboriginal language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

spoken on Yuwibara country. It is closely related to the Biri languages/dialects. The Yuwibara language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the

.' Giya (also known as Kia) is a language of North Queensland. The Giya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the

Whitsunday Regional Council The Whitsunday Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending back to the establishment of regional local government ...

, particularly the towns of Bowen and Proserpine. The town was originally known as Wootaroo but was changed to St Helens by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 April 1973 and then changed from St Helens to St Helens Beach on 2 September 1989. St Helens was the name of a pastoral run founded by pastoralists R. W. Graham and brothers John and William Macartney in the 1870s. The word ''beach'' is a reference to the sandy beach along the coastline of the

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Demographics

In the , the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 197 people. In the , the locality of St Helens Beach had a population of 175 people.

Education

There are no schools in St Helens Beach. The nearest government primary schools are Calen District State College in neighbouring Calen to the south and Pindi Pindi State School in neighbouring

Pindi Pindi Pindi Pindi is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Pindi Pindi had a population of 86 people. Geography The locality of Pindi Pindi is bounded to the south and east by Blackrock Creek (which ...

to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Calen District State College (to Year 12).

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* {{authority control Towns in Queensland Mackay Region Coastline of Queensland Localities in Queensland