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Whitsunday Map - Cannonvale |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
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Named after the town name which was given by Commander George S Nares
RN (1831-1915), naval officer, HMS Salamander, 1866, gave the name
Cannon Valley, after Richard Cannon ( - ), Assistant Surgeon HMS
Salamander to the valley area west of the coastline (earlier noted by
Lieutenant P.P. King, RN in HMS Mermaid in June 1819). Name Town of
Cannonvale for the seaward end of the valley emerged in Council and
Post Office records from 1907 and in Government Gazette May 1913.
though Cannon Valley Beach remained popular locally. In 1930 the name
Deauville was adopted officially by the Post Office for the township
but replaced in 1947 by Cannonvale Beach. Cannonvale was approved as a
place name 31 January 1987.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 June 2008 )
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