Holloway Beach, Queensland
Holloway Beach is a coastal town in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is within the suburb of Holloways Beach (the spelling is slightly different).[2]
History[]
The town takes its name from Richard Holloway, a local farmer, owner of Portions 67V and 68V in the Parish of Smithfield, around 1926.[1]
The town was named Holloway by the Queensland Surveyor-General on 16 April 1951, but it was changed to Holloway Beach on 1 April 1971 by the Queensland Place Names Board.[1]
Holloway's Beach State School opened on 23 May 1955 and closed on 13 June 1966.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Holloway Beach – town in Cairns Region (entry 16003)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
Categories:
- Towns in Queensland
- Cairns Region
- Coastline of Queensland