Point Vernon is a coastal suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Point Vernon had a population of 5,699 people.[1]

Point Vernon Queensland
Point Vernon
Coordinates	25.2538°S 152.8177°E / -25.2538; 152.8177
Population	5,699 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	877/km2 (2,271/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4655
Area	6.5 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
LGA(s)	Fraser Coast Region
State electorate(s)	Hervey Bay
Federal division(s)	Hinkler
Suburbs around Point Vernon: Hervey Bay Hervey Bay Hervey Bay Hervey Bay Point Vernon Hervey Bay Eli Waters Pialba Hervey Bay

History

The suburb was named after headland Point Vernon, which was in turn named by Richard Bingham Sheridan (the Harbour Master of Maryborough) in 1861 after Captain Charles Egerton Harcourt-Vernon, the commander of HMS Cordelia, which conveyed the first Governor of Queensland, George Bowen, to Queensland in 1859.[2]

Amenities

The Point Vernon/Pialba branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Rooms at 7 Torquay Road, Pialba.[3]

References

External links

• "Point Vernon". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.