In 1938, it was decided that there were too many places called Seaview and so it was renamed Bucasia after Father Pierre-Marie (Paul) Bucas (born in 1840 in Saint-Jean-la-Poterie, Morbihan in France),[11] the first Roman Catholic priest in Mackay.

[6][12] Starting in 1874, Father Bucas acquired 1,680 acres (680 ha) of land through a series of purchases in present-day Bucasia, which he used to establish a community for displaced Aborigines.

In 1884, concerns about malaria resulted in the orphans being relocated in 1885 to the Meteor Park orphanage near Rockhampton (later known as Neerkol).

[17][12][18] In 2008, the Mackay Regional Council constructed a waste water treatment plant in Bucasia, serving the northern suburbs.

The two basin sequencing batch reactor can process up to 4 megalitres per day.

The trees were planted to stabilise the dunes, protect the beach, and provide habitat for wildlife.

[5] The Mackay Regional Council operates a mobile library service on a fortnightly schedule on the Esplanade near Steen Avenue.