| Nelly Bay Magnetic Island, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Rocky Bay (foreground) and Nelly Bay foreshore, showing Magnetic Harbour in the distance. | |||||||||||||||
  Nelly Bay | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°09′30″S 146°50′55″E / 19.1583°S 146.8486°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,213 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 258.1/km2 (668/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4819 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Townsville | ||||||||||||||
| County | Elphinstone | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Magnetic | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Townsville | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Herbert | ||||||||||||||
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Nelly Bay is a town on Magnetic Island and a suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] A tourism hub on the island, it is especially significant as the site of the ferry terminal, which links it to Townsville. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Nelly Bay had a population of 1,213 people.[1]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Census2021was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Nelly Bay – town in City of Townsville (entry 24028)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- ^ "Nelly Bay – suburb in City of Townsville (entry 49814)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 January 2020.