Arts, Culture and Heritage Arts, Culture and Heritage

The Fraser Coast Regional Council recognises that art, culture and heritage play an important part in creating and maintaining a livable, healthy and happy community. 

Arts

The Fraser Coast has an active and vibrant arts community with a first class theatre, two
major art galleries and a yearly calendar of performances, workshops and exhibitions.   

Culture

The Fraser Coast region boasts a culturally diverse population. We celebrate our diversity
through a variety of activities including: 

 


Heritage

From the indigenous traditional owners of the land, through the early settlers in the port
city of Maryborough in the mid 1800s to the coal mining boom in the Burrum District and the discovery of the Bauple nut (also known as the Macadamia nut), the Fraser Coast has a colourful and eventful history.

Explore Queensland's colonial past on the Fraser Coast where you'll find haunted historic sites, time cannons fired on city streets and 19th century costumed guides spinning incredible tales of days gone by.  Some "must do" experiences include: