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Whitsunday

Whitsunday | Whitsundays

Whitsunday meaning

The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter. | A quarter day falling on 15th May.

Synonyms of Whitsunday

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Ashley Denness (pictured), who worked for Sydney 's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, was holidaying with her partner's family in the Whitsunday islands off Queensland, when she collapsed.

The BoM said people between Ayr to St Lawrence, including Mackay and the Whitsunday Islands, should consider what action they will take if the cyclone threat increases.

Victorian Daniel Christidis, 33, died last November after being attacked at Cid Harbour at Whitsunday Island during a trip with friends and colleagues.

The last shark attack in the Whitsunday Islands before the latest spate occurred on Feb. 13, 2010, off Dent Island where 60-year-old tourist Patricia Trumbull survived lacerations to her buttocks and major blood loss.

The latest attack, which left the girl with a serious leg injury, occurred at Cid Harbour, off Whitsunday Island in the state of Queensland, on Thursday afternoon.

Recognising the continuing unpopularity of the Book of Common Prayer in such areas, the Act of Uniformity had been introduced, making the Latin liturgical rites unlawful from Whitsunday 1549 onward.