Forrest Beach
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Forrest Beach Queensland |
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 Forrest Beach
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| Coordinates | 18°42′58″S 146°17′11″E / 18.71611°S 146.28639°ECoordinates: 18°42′58″S 146°17′11″E / 18.71611°S 146.28639°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,233 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1925 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4850 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Hinchinbrook | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hinchinbrook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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 / 18.73000°S 146.29361°E) which is named after Francis Andrew O'Connor Cassady who was chairman of the Shire of Hinchinbrook.
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.
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