| Type: | suburb |
| Welsby | |
| City: | Bribie Island |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -26.9866°N 153.1236°W |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 11 |
| Pop: | 0 |
| Postcode: | 4507 |
| Area: | 68.0 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 14.3 |
| Dir1: | NNW |
| Location1: | Bongaree |
| Dist2: | 35 |
| Dir2: | NW |
| Location2: | Caboolture |
| Dist3: | 78.6 |
| Dir3: | NNE |
| Location3: | Brisbane CBD |
| Lga: | City of Moreton Bay |
| Stategov: | Glass House |
| Fedgov: | Longman |
| Near-N: | Bribie Island North |
| Near-Ne: | Coral Sea |
| Near-E: | Coral Sea |
| Near-Se: | Woorim |
| Near-S: | White Patch Banksia Beach |
| Near-Sw: | Toorbul |
| Near-W: | Donnybrook Meldale |
| Near-Nw: | Beerburrum |
Welsby is a coastal locality on Bribie Island in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Welsby had "no people or a very low population".
Welsby is the central part of Bribie Island. The Pumicestone Channel (also known as Pumicestone Passage) is its western coastal border and the Coral Sea is its eastern coastal border. Almost all of Welsby is within the Bribie Island National Park or the Bribie Island State Forest. Apart from these protected areas, the remaining land is a very narrow strip along the west coast beside the Pumicestone Channel.
Welsby has the following points:
Welsby has the following passages:
Poverty Creek flows into the Pumicestone Channel (-26.9908°N 153.0931°W).[6]
There are two lagoons on the eastern shore of the locality:
The locality is named for Thomas Welsby, a Queensland politician who enjoyed yachting and fishing in Moreton Bay.
At the, Welsby had a population of 4 people.
In the Welsby had a population of 5 people.
In the, Welsby had "no people or a very low population".
There are no schools in Welsby. The nearest government primary school is Banksia Beach State School in neighbouring Banksia Beach to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Bribie Island State High School in Bongaree to the south.
Wild Banks is a 176.213ha artificial reef in the Moreton Bay Marine Park (-26.9086°N 153.2927°W) offshore on the western (ocean) side of Welsby.[9] This reef has a number of "fish cages" which are designed to attract pelargic fish species such as mackerel, dolphin fish and wahoo.[10]