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Halifax
Queenslandvillage
Halifax
Total population
390
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Halifax is a town and a coastal locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Halifax had a population of 477 people.
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History
August Anderssen, a blacksmith, purchased the land in 1880 after which time the land was turned into sugar plantations. Herbert River Provisional School opened on 24 September 1883. It was renamed Halifax Provisional School in 1885. It became Halifax State School in 1891. Halifax Post Office opened on 23 August 1886. St Peter's Catholic School opened in 1927. Many homes in Halifax were flooded following extremely heavy rain in March 2018.
Geography
Halifax is on the Herbert River, northeast of Ingham.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
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Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
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Notable people from here
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Halifax
Search results from Open Library.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library