Description
Cooee Bay is a coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia.
Cooee Bay is a coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Cooee Bay had a population of 913 people.
History
Cooee Bay Post Office opened on 18 September 1961 by Don and Edna Schabe who had previously owned the Cooee Bay General Store. There is a memorial to Don Schabe in the park for his contribution to the Cooee Bay Progress Association. Prior to the opening of the post office, a receiving office had been open from 1894. The post office closed in 1977.During World War 2 Cooee Bay was heavily occupied by the US Army.In the 2006 census, Cooee Bay had a population of 1,275 people.Prior to local government amalgamations in 2008, the Capricorn Coast was administered by Livingstone Shire Council. From 2008 to 2013 it was administered by Rockhampton Region. From 1 January 2014, the Shire of Livingstone was restored and now administers Cooee Bay.
In the 2016 census Cooee Bay had a population of 913 people.
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Population: 101-1000
Time zone: UTC +10:00
Area: 0.713 km2
Elevation: 4-10 metres
Town elevation: 8 m
Population number: 913
Local Government Area: Livingstone Shire Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Cooee Bay, Queensland