Yaroomba, Queensland

Yaroomba
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Postcode(s) 4573
Location 117 km (73 mi) from Brisbane
LGA(s) Sunshine Coast
Suburbs around Yaroomba:
Coolum Beach Coolum Beach Point Arkwright
Coolum Beach Yaroomba Pacific Ocean
Mount Coolum Mount Coolum Pacific Ocean

Yaroomba is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is also the site of a historic 150-year-old shipwreck, a piece of which was found in 2007.[1] The suburb began life as a housing estate named Coronation Beach in 1953 in honour of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. The name was changed to Yaroomba, which means "surf on the beach", in 1961. [2]

References

  1. ↑ extract from Whitby Gazette http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Piece-of-town39s-history-washes.3225802.jp Accessed online 28-4-08
  2. ↑ http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/library/documents/heritage/sunshine_coast_place_name_origins.pdf Accessed online 25-10-10

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Coordinates: 26°33′S 153°06′E / 26.550°S 153.100°E / -26.550; 153.100


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