Sunshine Beach, Queensland

Sunshine Beach is a coastal suburb in Noosa Heads in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 census, the suburb recorded a population of 2,460.[1]

Sunshine Beach
Noosa Heads, Queensland
Sunshine Beach, 2010
Population2,460 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1,118/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4567
Area2.2 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Location4 km (2 mi) SE of Noosa Heads
LGA(s)Shire of Noosa
State electorate(s)Noosa
Federal Division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Sunshine Beach:
Noosa Heads Noosa Heads Coral Sea
Noosa Heads Sunshine Beach Coral Sea
Noosa Heads Sunrise Beach Coral Sea

History

The area south of Noosa Headlands was formerly known as Golden Beach but was rarely visited before the 1920s. In 1928, Thomas Marcus Burke gained land there in exchange for building roads and bridges from Tewantin. After World War II it was marketed by his son, Marcus, as Sunshine Beach.[2]

Although currently and historically within the Shire of Noosa, between 2008 and 2013 the entire Shire of Noosa including Sunshine Beach was within the Sunshine Coast Region.[3]

At the 2016 census, the suburb recorded a population of 2,460.[1]

Amenities

Sunshine Beach is home to the Sunshine Beach Surf Lifesaving Club from which volunteers patrol the beach every weekend from September school holidays to ANZAC Day.

Education

Sunshine Beach includes two public schools; Sunshine Beach State School and Sunshine Beach State High School.

Saint Thomas More Primary School is a Roman Catholic Primary School that was established in 1990 by The Noosa District Roman Catholic Parish and is staffed by the Brisbane Catholic Education Centre. It is a Marist school.[4]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sunshine Beach (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. Noosa Community Guide 2005 Part D Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine 19 December 2006
  3. "About Council". Noosa Shire Council. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  4. "Welcome to Saint Thomas More Primary School Sunshine Beach". Saint Thomas More Primary School. Archived from the original on 22 May 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2012.


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