Conway is a locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Conway had a population of 194 people.[1]

Conway Queensland
Conway
Coordinates	20.4577°S 148.7141°E / -20.4577; 148.7141
Population	193 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	10.00/km2 (25.90/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4800
Area	19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
LGA(s)	Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s)	Whitsunday
Federal division(s)	Dawson
Suburbs around Conway: Preston Palm Grove Cape Conway Goorganga Plains Conway Cape Conway Goorganga Plains Wilson Beach Conway Beach

Geography

Conway is bounded on the north-west by Serpentine Creek and to the west and south-west by the Proserpine River. Conway Road runs along the western part of the locality which is lower flatter land; the residential and farming land is in that area. The eastern part of the locality is more mountainous and undeveloped.[3]

History

The locality name derives from Cape Conway, which was named on 3 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook on the HM Bark Endeavour after Henry Seymour Conway, the Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1765 to 1766 and Northern Department from 1766 to 1768.[2]

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