Whitsunday
Officially formed by the amalgamation of several localities — Airlie Beach, Cannonvale, Jubilee Pocket, Shutehaven and Shute Harbour — into a single entity encompassing the whole of the Whitsunday Coast's urbanised areas, the coastal town of Whitsunday takes its name from the Whitsunday Passage, named by James Cook on the religious festival of Whitsun (4 June 1770).
While the aggregation exists as an administrative entity, local people continue to differentiate between the various localities.
