St Helens Beach, Queensland


St Helens Beach is a coastal town and a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.

History

Yuwibara is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Yuwibara country. It is closely related to the Biri languages/dialects. The Yuwibara language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Mackay Region.
Giya is a language of North Queensland. The Giya language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Whitsunday Regional Council, particularly the towns of Bowen and Proserpine.
The town was originally known as Wootaroo but was changed to St Helens Beach by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 April 1973. St Helens was the name of a pastoral run belonging to pastoralist John Macartney in the 1870s. The word beach is a reference to the sandy beach along the coastline of the Coral Sea.