Cannonvale, Queensland


Cannonvale is a coastal locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Cannonvale had a population of 5,716 people.

History

The locality was originally named Cannon Valley in 1866 by George Strong Nares, commander of HMS Salamander, after Richard Cannon, the Assistant Surgeon on the ship. Town allotments near the beach on Pioneer Bay were sold by public auction in 1904 under the name Cannonvale. However, the local people preferred to call it Cannon Valley Beach. In 1930, the post office name was changed to Deauville but in 1947 was renamed Cannonvale Beach. It is now simply Cannonvale, while the name Cannon Valley is retained by the inland area.
In neighbouring Cannon Valley, the Cannon Valley State School opened in 1910 to service the local farming community, but in 1968 it was decided to relocate the school into Cannonvale as the majority of the students were coming from Cannonvale. The new school buildings in Cannonvale opened in July 1969 with 84 students and the school was then renamed Cannonvale State School.
On 31 January 1987, the town of Cannonvale was amalgamated into a larger town of Whitsunday.

Facilities

The Whitsunday Regional Council operates a public library in the Whitsunday Plaza Shopping Centre 8 Galbraith Park Drive Cannonvale 4802. The current library facility opened in 2006.