Seaforth

Seaforth is a coastal town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.

Seaforth is a coastal town and locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Seaforth had a population of 789 people.

In 1899 the Queensland Government bought Seaforth Estate from H.M. Finlayson, a pioneer selector, as a settlement and named it Springcliff; however local residents always called it Seaforth and it was officially renamed Seaforth in 1966. Finlayson Point is named after Finlayson.Seaforth Provisional School opened on 22 August 1887 and closed in late 1891. A second Seaforth Provisional School opened on 23 April 1935. On 25 October 1948 it became Seaforth State School. The old provisional school building was relocated to become the Seaforth Presbyterian Church, which opened in May 1949 and which served the congregation until May 1961 when the present church was opened. It later became known as the Seaforth Uniting Church after Methodist Church entered into the amalgamation to create the Uniting Church in Australia.At the 2006 census, Seaforth had a population of 613.In the 2016 census the locality of Seaforth had a population of 789 people.There is a former church building at 53 Palm Avenue (20.8993°S 148.9633°E? / -20.8993; 148.9633? (Former church)).