St Lawrence, Queensland

St Lawrence is a rural town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] St Lawrence is located 802 kilometres (498 mi) north of Brisbane and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) off the Bruce Highway.The town is located south of St Lawrence Creek, which flows into a vast bay known as Broad Sound, a waterway noted for its large tidal range (up to 9 metres (30 ft) in the summer).

[4] St Lawrence is located on Koinmerburra Country; the Custodians of this land are the Koinjmal People.

[5] British settlement in the area began circa 1860 when John Arthur Macartney established Waverley pastoral station.

[9] The church was designed by Rockhampton architect, Alfred Mowbray Hutton, to seat around 100 people with a classroom for Sunday School and a bedroom for visiting clergy.

[13] Once a prosperous port town, exporting cattle from the hinterland, in 2019, many residents were DIDO coal miners.

[27] A wishing well handcrafted by Jack Dempsey was installed at the site and dedicated in 2008 in remembrance of the previous school building.

[32] First held in 2008 to raise awareness of the importance of wetland conservation, the event incorporates various cultural activities, workshops, environmental art, musical performances as well as a 'Welcome to Wetlands' evening, a 'farm to plate' seafood lunch and a bush dinner.

Offices of the Isaac Regional Council (formerly Broadsound Shire Council Chambers), 2016
Christ Church Anglican, 2009