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About Banksia Beach, QLD

Banksia Beach is a town and suburb on Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the suburb of Banksia Beach had a population of 5,995 people. == Geography == Banksia Beach is on the eastern coast of Bribie Island, separated from mainland Queensland by the Pumicestone Channel.The western part of the suburb is within the Bribie Island National Park. Apart from that the land use is almost entirely residential. The areas closest to the coast are developed as canal estates, while the northern part of the suburb is residential housing intermingled with the Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club. == History == The name Banksia Beach was the name of the estate subdivision assigned by the land developer Jock McIlwain. It was named as a township by the Qld Place Names Board on 23 November 1972. The name refers to the plant genus Banksia, which grows in the area.Historically Dux Creek flows into the Pumicestone Channel at 27.0528°S 153.1352°E / -27.0528; 153.1352 (Dux Creek) with: Banksia Beach to the north of the creek mouth (27.0441°S 153.1329°E / -27.0441; 153.1329 (Banksia Beach)) Sylvan Beach to the south of the creek mouth (27.0645°S 153.1443°E / -27.0645; 153.1443 (Sylvan Beach)) extending south to Quota Park in Bongareebut the canal development has replaced Dux Creek with two canal developments with Skippers Canal effectively replacing Dux Creek and extending south with Voyagers Canal extending to the north.As part of the Australian Bicentenery commemoration, a monument to the exploration of Matthew Flinders was erected beside the beach and officially unveiled on 16 July 1988. It was designed by Kirsti Simpson and sculpted from Helidon sandstone by Tom Farrell.Banksia Beach State School opened on 28 January 1992.In the 2016 census the suburb of Banksia Beach had a population of 5,995 people. == Education == Banksia Beach State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at Sunderland Road (27.0463°S 153.1483°E / -27.0463; 153.1483 (Banksia Beach State School)).