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| Wednesday, 21 May 2008 03:46 |
Hervey Bay's Early History Captain James Cook first discovered the Hervey Bay area in 1770. Rounding Sandy Cape, and initially believing Fraser Island was joined to the mainland, Cook proclaimed the area “Herveys Bay” after Augustus Hervey, Lord of the Admiralty (his boss).Further exploration of the area was not to continue until 1802 when Matthew Flinders landed at Sandy Cape, and in the following months proceeded to map much of the Bay. Aboriginal people occupied the area before European settlement in 1850, and many streets and landmarks in Hervey Bay have Aboriginal names. H. E. Aldridge acquired large tracts of land for cattle grazing between Booral and Burrum Heads in the 1850s. The first settler at Hervey Bay, in 1863, was Martin Boyle, who probably introduced sugar farming to the area where two sugar mills were established. The region was rich in mineral resources including coal, limestone, bismuth, magnetite and mineral sands. Foreshore residential land was subdivided for holiday homes from the mid-1860s. In 1896 a railway line was constructed from Maryborough to Pialba, boosting tourism. This line was extended to Urangan in 1913 and the Urangan pier was built in 1917 to facilitate the export of sugar and later coal. By the 1920s the Hervey Bay area was rapidly expanding due to continuing growth in primary industries (sugar cane, citrus, pineapples, beef cattle, fishing) and investment in transport infrastructure. Regular air services from Brisbane commenced in 1930. The 1930s saw the completion of a fully bituminised road connecting Maryborough and Urangan providing further impetus to local growth. As both population and development continued to increase into the 1950s and 1960s, the coastal townships of Pialba, Scarness, Torquay and Urangan slowly began to merge into a single urban area. Modern City The main urban area of Hervey Bay now stretches from Gatakers Bay in the north to River Heads in the south including the suburbs of Point Vernon, Pialba, Scarness, Torquay and Urangan. One of the fastest growing cities in Australia, Hervey Bay is structured around a network of parks, walkways and cycle ways, and well on its way to becoming one of Australia's most accessible cities. With 50,000 residents in 2005, population predictions from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate Hervey Bay will have 90,000 residents by the year 2021. Current primary Industries include sugarcane, non-orchard fruit and citrus, livestock (mostly beef cattle) and fishing. Secondary Industries include manufacturing (wood products, machinery and equipment, food and beverages and fabricated meal products), retailing and wholesaling, construction and transport and storage. Tertiary Industries include tourism, administration and finance, community services and education. |
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