Tinbeerwah, Queensland

Tinbeerwah
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Population 1,262 (2011)[1]
 • Density 36.69/km2 (95.02/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4563
Area 34.4 km2 (13.3 sq mi)
Location 15 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 Doonan Doonan

Coordinates: 26°24′25″S 152°58′34″E / 26.407°S 152.976°E / -26.407; 152.976

Tinbeerwah is a semi-rural locality around 14 kilometres west 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). At the 2011 Australian Census the locality recorded a population of 1,262.[1]

The name is Aboriginal for "place of grasstrees" or "high hill climbing up".[2][3] Mount Tinbeerwah is located in the north where the Tewantin National Park and Tewantin Forest Reserve have been established.

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tinbeerwah (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. Noosa Community Guide 2005 Part D 19 December 2006
  3. South East Queensland - Place Names 19 December 2006

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