Forrest Beach is a small coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia, while Allingham is the town name for the same location. In the 2011 census, Forrest Beach had a population of 1,233 people.
Video Forrest Beach, Queensland
Geography
Forrest Beach is bounded by the Coral Sea to the east with long sandy beaches; it is sheltered water due to the Orpheus and Palm island group. It is bounded along the south-west by Palm Creek and contains the Palm Creek Conservation Park. There is farming in the western part of the locality. The residential development is mostly beside the northern beaches. There is a small residential area beside the southern beaches known as Cassady Beach (18°43?48?S 146°17?37?E) which is named after Francis Andrew O'Connor Cassady who was chairman of the Shire of Hinchinbrook.
Maps Forrest Beach, Queensland
History
The name Forrest Beach derives from George Brownrigg Forrest, who was the manager of the Victoria Mill (a sugar mill) near Ingham, while Christopher Allingham was one of the first European pastoral settlers in the district, taking up the pastoral run Muralambeen.
Allingham was surveyed as a town in 1925.
The Forrest Beach Surf Life Saving Club was established in 1927 but closed in 1956. The Hinchinbrook Shire Council initiated a meeting which caused the club to reopen in 1958-9.
Allingham Post Office opened on 1 March 1967.
Forrest Beach State School opened on 29 January 1980.
Forrest Beach War Memorial was dedicated in 2006. It commemorates Australian servicemen and women who served in all wars and conflicts. It is located at the north-east corner of the intersection of Palm Street and Pine Street (18.713140°S 146.297743°E / -18.713140; 146.297743 (Forrest Beach War Memorial)).
Heritage listings
Forrest Beach has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Off Bosworth's Road: Muralambeen Homestead (the home of the Allingham family)
Education
Forrest Beach State School is a government primary (P-6) school located at 40 Pandanus Street (18.711688°S 146.294413°E / -18.711688; 146.294413 (Forrest Beach State School)). In 2012, the school had an enrolment of 51 students. Ingham State High School is the nearest secondary school. The nearest high schools for boys and girls are Ingham State High School and Gilroy Santa Maria College (a Catholic school) in Ingham. St Teresa's College in Abergowrie is a secondary Catholic boys school but it is further north.
Facilities
There is a one-lane boat ramp into the Coral Sea at Sheoak Street.
References
Further reading
- Horsley, Barbara; Forrest Beach Progress Association (2008), Sea, sand and swamp : a history of the township of Allingham and Forrest Beach, B. J. Horsley, ISBN 978-0-9756758-1-6
- Forrest Beach Surf Lifesaving Club 70th year reunion 1938-2008 : 3-5 October 2008, Forrest Beach Surf Lifesaving Club, 2008, retrieved 27 May 2014
External links
- "Allingham\Forrest Beach". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
- Forrest Beach State School
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