Seventeen Seventy, Queensland
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Seventeen Seventy and its surroundings | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Seventeen Seventy | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 24°09′48″S 151°53′07″E / 24.1633°S 151.8852°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 27.4 km2 (10.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 125 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 4.562/km2 (11.82/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4677 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 25.6 °C (78.1 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 18.8 °C (65.8 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,137.7 mm (44.79 in) | ||||||||||||
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Seventeen Seventy, sometimes written 1770 or Town of 1770, is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia and 90 minutes north of Bundaberg on the Discovery Coast. The Town of 1770 is the closest access point to the Great Barrier Reef. In the 2021 census, the locality of Seventeen Seventy had a population of 125.
The town is built on the site of the second landing in Australia by James Cook and the crew of the bark HMS Endeavour in May 1770 (and their first landing in what is now the state of Queensland).