Shelly Beach, Queensland (Townsville)

Shelly Beach
Townsville, Queensland
Shelly Beach; Townsville, Queensland
	Shelly Beach
Coordinates	19°11′02″S 146°45′05″E / 19.1838°S 146.7513°E
Population	0 (2016 census)
• Density	0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4810
Area	1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	11.3 km (7 mi) NNW of Townsville ; 1,341 km (833 mi) NNW of Brisbane ;
LGA(s)	City of Townsville
State electorate(s)	Townsville
Federal division(s)	Herbert
	Suburbs around Shelly Beach:

Shelly Beach is a coastal suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.^[2] In the 2016 census Shelly Beach had a population of 0 people.^[1]

Geography

As its name suggests, Shelly Beach is a coastal area with a sandy beach. It was named because it was an area used to collect shell grit.^[2] Despite being a suburb, it is undeveloped land within the Townsville Town Common Conservation Park with no road access other than tracks.^[3]^[4]

History

The suburb's name derives from the shell grit along the sea shore.^[2]

In the 2016 census Shelly Beach had a population of 0 people.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shelly Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Shelly Beach – suburb in City of Townsville (entry 44640)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Townsville Town Common Conservation Park map" (PDF). Queensland Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[Census2016-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shelly Beach (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[qpnl-2] "Shelly Beach – suburb in City of Townsville (entry 44640)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[3] "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[4] "Townsville Town Common Conservation Park map" (PDF). Queensland Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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v t e Towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Townsville
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Rural	Alice River Alligator Creek Barringha Blue Hills Brookhill Calcium Cape Cleveland Clemant Crystal Creek Cungulla Granite Vale Gumlow Hervey Range Julago Lynam Majors Creek Mount Elliot Mutarnee Nome Oak Valley Paluma Pinnacles Rangewood Reid River Rollingstone Roseneath Ross River Rupertswood Toomulla Toonpan Woodstock
Northern Beaches	Balgal Balgal Beach Beach Holm Black River Bluewater Bluewater Beach Bluewater Park Burdell Bushland Beach Deeragun Jensen Mount Low Saunders Beach Toolakea Yabulu
Magnetic Island	Alma Bay Arcadia Cockle Bay Florence Bay Horseshoe Bay Magnetic Island Nelly Bay Picnic Bay West Point

Shelly Beach, Queensland (Townsville)

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