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Cooloolabin, Queensland

Coordinates: 26°32′24″S 152°54′04″E / 26.54°S 152.9011°E / -26.54; 152.9011 (Cooloolabin (centre of locality))
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Cooloolabin
Queensland
Coastal carpet snake, Cooloolabin, 2020
Cooloolabin is located in Queensland
Cooloolabin
Cooloolabin
Coordinates26°32′24″S 152°54′04″E / 26.54°S 152.9011°E / -26.54; 152.9011 (Cooloolabin (centre of locality))
Population311 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density9.540/km2 (24.71/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4560
Area32.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)Nicklin
Federal division(s)Fairfax
Suburbs around Cooloolabin:
Belli Park Eerwah Vale Bridges
Belli Park Cooloolabin Bridges
Gheerulla Kiamba Yandina

Cooloolabin is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Cooloolabin had a population of 311 people.[1]

Geography

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Cooloolabin Dam wall, 2021

Most of Cooloolabin is mountainous, densely forested and within the Mapleton National Park, including:

Only two small valleys to the south are developed as rural residential areas, each around a dam reservoir:[6]

The Cooloolabin Dam and the reservoir it impounds are in the south-west of the locality (26°32′50″S 152°52′49″E / 26.54722°S 152.8803°E / -26.54722; 152.8803 (Cooloolabin Dam)).[7]

The northernmost part of Wappa Dam is in the south-east of Cooloolabin (26°33′49″S 152°55′13″E / 26.5635°S 152.9202°E / -26.5635; 152.9202 (Wappa Dam)).[8]

History

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Cooloolabin is an Aboriginal word meaning "place of koalas".[2]

Cooloolabin Provisional School opened on 28 January 1915.[9][10] It became Cooloolabin State School on 1 September 1916.[11] It closed in 1962.[12] The school was on a 2-acre (0.81 ha) site at the western end of Cooloolabin Road (approx 26°33′19″S 152°53′45″E / 26.5552°S 152.8959°E / -26.5552; 152.8959 (Cooloolabin State School (former))).[13][14][15][16]

Demographics

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In the 2016 census Cooloolabin had a population of 257 people.[17]

In the 2021 census, Cooloolabin had a population of 311 people.[1]

Education

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There are no schools in Cooloolabin. The nearest government primary school is Yandina State School in neighbouring Yandina to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Nambour State College in Nambour to the south-east.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cooloolabin (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Cooloolabin – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 49803)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Mount Bottle And Glass – mountain in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 3931)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Swain Peak – mountain in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 32944)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Cooloolabin Dam – reservoir in the Sunshine Coast Region (entry 8135)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  9. ^ "COUNTRY TELEGRAMS". The Brisbane Courier. No. 17, 635. Queensland, Australia. 23 July 1914. p. 10. Retrieved 1 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "District Notes". Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XI, no. 571. Queensland, Australia. 24 July 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 1 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "New State Schools". The Brisbane Courier. No. 18, 306. Queensland, Australia. 18 September 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 1 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  13. ^ "Moreton 40 Chain map AG2 series sheet 16 north" (Map). Queensland Government. 1924. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Parish of Maroochy sheet 2" (Map). Queensland Government. 1965. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Layers: Locality; Roads and rail; Land parcel". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Agency ID 6107, Cooloolabin State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  17. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooloolabin (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  18. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

Further reading

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  • Blyth, Audienne (2003). Streets and roads of Yandina & district : their history & origins : includes the localities of: Bridges, Cooloolabin, Kiamba, Kulangoor, Maroochy River, North Arm, Valdora and Yandina Creek. Audienne Blyth. ISBN 978-0-646-42982-3.
  • Blyth, Audienne Desley (2009). Yandina & District : a pictorial history, including the localities of Bridges, Cooloolabin, Kiamba, Kulangoor, Maroochy River, North Arm, Valdora and Yandina Creek. The Author. ISBN 978-0-646-51739-1.