Cooroy Mountain, Queensland
| Cooroy Mountain Sunshine Coast, Queensland | |||||||||||||
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| Postcode(s) | 4563 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 20 km (12 mi) WSW of Noosa Heads | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Noosa | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Noosa | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 26°25′55″S 152°57′04″E / 26.432°S 152.951°E
Cooroy Mountain is a suburb of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is within the local government area of Shire of Noosa (between 2008 and 2013 it was within Sunshine Coast Region).
History
Cooroy Mountain's name came from Mount Cooroy, which was originally called Coorooey, from the Aboriginal word for possum, kurui.[1] Kuri'bigil'ba is the name of Cooroy Mountain in the dialect of the now extinct Kabi speaking aboriginal peoples of this area. It means the place where the Sun God came down to Dha (Earth). It is believed the mountain turned yellow once a year due to the flowering of an unknown tree.[2]
Note
The Kabi Kabi people and language group are not extinct although they may no longer be present in the local area of Cooroy mountain as a result of having been moved out of the area as a result of government policies in the past. [3] [4]
References
- ↑ South East Queensland - Place Names 16 December 2006
- ↑ Tales of a Warrior series of books by Brett Green, Gympie
- ↑ http://www.gubbigubbi.com/
- ↑ http://www.triballink.com.au/index.php/gubbigubbi