Proserpine, Queensland
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- For other uses, see Proserpina (disambiguation).
Proserpine is a town situated on the Bruce Highway in the state of Queensland, Australia. The town's economy revolves mostly around sugar and tourism. Proserpine is the administrative centre of the Whitsunday Shire Council local government area that also incorporates the Whitsunday Islands and Airlie Beach.
Early settlers established the town in the 1880s and named it after the ancient Greek goddess Persephone (Latin: Proserpina).
[edit] Tourism
Often skipped by tourists on their way to the Great Barrier Reef, this town receives little tourism. It has no major resorts, hence the lack of tourism, although many pubs are now accepting backpackers, and the town is using the phrase "barra country", referring to the popular barramundi fish, for a slogan
[edit] Population
Approx. 4,500. A new suburb is being planned on the cane fields at the junctions of Renwick's Lane and Bruce Highway
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