Banksia Beach is a town and suburb on Bribie Island in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Banksia Beach had a population of 7,180 people.
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°03′10″S 153°08′07″E / 27.0528°S 153.1352°E with:
but 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.
In the 2021 census, the suburb Banksia Beach had a population of 7,180 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia
