Cannonvale

Cannonvale is a coastal locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.

Cannonvale is a coastal locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Cannonvale had a population of 5,716 people.

The locality was originally named Cannon Valley in 1866 by George Strong Nares, commander of HMS Salamander, after Richard Cannon, the Assistant Surgeon on the ship. Town allotments near the beach on Pioneer Bay were sold by public auction in 1904 under the name Cannonvale. However, the local people preferred to call it Cannon Valley Beach. In 1930, the post office name was changed to Deauville but in 1947 was renamed Cannonvale Beach. It is now simply Cannonvale, while the name Cannon Valley is retained by the inland area.

Cannon Vale Provisional School opened on 8 February 1892. It closed in 1908, but then reopened on a new site on the north-eastern corner of Shute Harbour Road and Abell Road (20.2890°S 148.6784°E? / -20.2890; 148.6784? (Cannon Valley State School (former))) as Cannon Valley State School on 23 April 1910 to service the local farming community. Despite the school's name, it was not within the present-day Cannon Valley. In 1968 it was decided to relocate the school back into Cannonvale as the majority of the students were coming from Cannonvale. The new school buildings in Cannonvale opened in July 1969 with 84 students and the school was then renamed Cannonvale State School.Sponsored by the Whitsunday Baptist Church, Whitsunday Christian College opened in January 1997 with approximately 30 students. It operated from a number of sites before establishing its current Paluma Drive campus which officially opened on 29 November 2002.On 31 January 1987, the town of Cannonvale was amalgamated into a larger town of Whitsunday.The Cannonvale public library opened in 2006.

In January-February 2010, storm surges caused by Cyclone Anthony battered the coastline.In the 2016 census Cannonvale had a population of 5,716 people.