Welsby Queensland |
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Population | 4 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4507 | ||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Moreton Bay Region | ||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Glass House | ||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Longman | ||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 26°59′10″S 153°07′23″E / 26.986°S 153.123°E
Welsby is a coastal locality on Bribie Island withinthe Moreton Bay Region in Queensland, Australia. It is nearly uninhabited, having only four permanent residents at the 2011 census.
Welsby is the central part of Bribie Island. The Pumicestone Passage is its western coastal border and the Pacific Ocean is its eastern coastal border. Most of Welsby is within the Bribie Island National Park.
It is named for Thomas Welsby, a Queensland politician and sportsperson.