Tinbeerwah, Queensland

Tinbeerwah is a semi-rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 974 people.[1]

Tinbeerwah
Queensland
Coveys Rd, Tinbeerwah, 2016
Tinbeerwah
Coordinates26.4066°S 152.9761°E / -26.4066; 152.9761
Population974 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density44.07/km2 (114.1/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4563
Area22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location15 km (9 mi) W of Noosa Heads
LGA(s)Shire of Noosa
State electorate(s)Noosa
Federal Division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Tinbeerwah:
Lake Macdonald Cooroibah Cooroibah
Lake Macdonald Tinbeerwah Tewantin
Cooroy Mountain Eumundi Doonan

Geography

Tinbeerwah is around 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of Noosa.

Mount Tinbeerwah is located in the north where the Tewantin National Park and Tewantin Forest Reserve have been established.

History

The name Tinbeerwah is Aboriginal for "place of grasstrees" or "high hill climbing up".[3][4]

Tinbeerwah Provisional School opened on 2 September 1914. On 1 September 1916 it became Tinbeerwah State School. It closed on 9 August 1963.[5]

In 1987 12-year-old Noosa schoolgirl Sian Kingi was raped and murdered in Tinbeerwah after being abducted from Noosa Heads.

Between 2008 and 2013 Tinbeerwah (and the rest of the Shire of Noosa) was within Sunshine Coast Region but the Shire of Noosa was re-established in 2014.

At the 2011 census the locality recorded a population of 1,262.[6]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tinbeerwah (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Tinbeerwah - locality in Shire of Noosa (entry 48902)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. Noosa Community Guide 2005 Part D Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine 19 December 2006
  4. South East Queensland - Place Names 19 December 2006
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tinbeerwah (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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