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Birtinya
Birtinya is a suburb of Kawana Waters in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Birtinya had a population of 4,378 people. History The name ''Birtinya'' is reportedly an Aboriginal word meaning ''neighbouring'' proposed by the development company, Alfred Grant Pty Ltd, on 31 March 1960. Pacific Lutheran College opened on 26 September 2001; it is now within the boundaries of neighbouring Meridan Plains. Demographics In the , Birtinya had a population of 314 people. In the , Birtinya had a population of 1,933 people. In the , Birtinya had a population of 4,378 people. Education There are no schools in Birtinya. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Kawana Waters State College in neighbouring Bokarina to the east. Amenities Birtinya is built around Lake Kawana, which includes a buoyed course for flat water competitions. The Lake Kawana Community Centre located beside the lake on Sportsmans Drive () provides 15 spaces (halls an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurtulla, Queensland
Wurtulla is a coastal suburb of Kawana Waters in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wurtulla had a population of 6,254 people. Geography Wurtulla is located within the Kawana Waters urban centre. Wurtulla is bounded by the Coral Sea to the east, Currimundi Creek (also known as Currimundi Lake) to the south, Pangali Canal and Lake Kawana to the west and Lake Kawana Boulevarde and Wurley Drive to the north. The Nicklin Way passes through the suburb from north ( Bokarina) to south ( Currimundi). Currimundi Lake (Kathleen McArthur) Conservation Park is a protected area in the south-east of the locality of natural bushland, predominantly the wallum heath that was once commonplace in the coastal areas of South-East Queensland. History Wurtulla was originally named as a town by Queensland Place Names Board Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokarina, Queensland
Bokarina is a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, located within the Kawana Waters, Queensland, Kawana Waters urban centre. In the , Bokarina had a population of 1,935 people. History The name ''Bokarina'' was bestowed at the request of the land developer, Alfred Grant Pty Ltd, in the belief that the name was an Aboriginal expression indicating ''middle'' i.e. half-way along the Kawana Waters land-development scheme in 1969. In the early 1980s, Bokarina emerged as Bokarina Beach, with an initial subdivision between the foreshore reserve and the sports complex on Nicklin Way. Kawana Waters State High School opened 28 January 1986. Bokarina State School opened on 27 January 1987. On 1 January 2006 the two schools was amalgamated to form Kawana – Bokarina State College, which was renamed on 3 March 2006 to become Kawana Waters State College. Kawana Waters Uniting Church was dedicated by Reverend Raymond F. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meridan Plains, Queensland
Meridan Plains is a locality on the north-western edge of the Caloundra urban area in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Traditionally a rural area, the locality is attracting residential development from the expansion of Caloundra. In the , Meridan Plains had a population of 4,589 people. Geography Meridan Plains is west-northwest of Caloundra. A large portion of the western boundary follows the Mooloolah River, while a small section aligns with the Bruce Highway. Caloundra Road passes through from west to south-east. History Meridan Plains is named either using a corruption of a Kabi language word meaning place of kangaroos or dingoes, or after the birthplace of John Westaway in Devonshire, England. In early 1861 the tender of Edmund Lander was accepted, by the Commissioner for Crown Lands, for the pastoral run of Mooloolah Plains in the Wide Bay and Burnett District. A year later the lease was transferred to John Westaway. Lander went on to select in 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawana Waters, Queensland
Kawana Waters is an urban centre on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, between Caloundra and Maroochydore along the Coral Sea coast. It was originally the estate development name and has passed into common usage, but it is not officially a town nor a locality. The official suburbs (listed below) are connected by the Nicklin Way arterial road. It is sometimes abbreviated to Kawana, which is a suburb of Rockhampton. Many shopping and sporting facilities, including Kawana Shoppingworld are located in the Kawana Waters estate area. Geography Kawana Waters is a narrow urban area bounded roughly by Mooloolah River to the north and northwest, the ocean to the east and Currimundi Lake to the south. The Kawana Waters urban centre consists of the following suburbs: * Birtinya * Bokarina * Buddina * Minyama * Parrearra * Warana * Wurtulla History According to Rex Ingamells, ''Kawana'' is an Aboriginal word meaning wildflowers. Construction work on Kawana Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Coast Regional Council
The Sunshine Coast Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area located in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia, from which it takes its name. It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires of Shire of Maroochy, Maroochy and Shire of Noosa, Noosa. It contains of roads, of coastline and a population of 351,424 in January 2021. The budget for the 2020–2021 financial year totals Australian dollar, A$782 million including $243 million for Capital Works. On 1 January 2014, the Shire of Noosa was re-established independent of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. In the , the Sunshine Coast Region had a population of 342,541 people. History ''Gabi-Gabi language, Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Coast Region
The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia, from which it takes its name. It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires of Maroochy and Noosa. It contains of roads, of coastline and a population of 351,424 in January 2021. The budget for the 2020–2021 financial year totals A$782 million including $243 million for Capital Works. On 1 January 2014, the Shire of Noosa was re-established independent of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. In the , the Sunshine Coast Region had a population of 342,541 people. History '' Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Caloundra
The City of Caloundra was a local government area about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of ; it existed as a local government entity from 1912 until 2008, when it amalgamated with councils further north to form the Sunshine Coast Region. The City covered the urban localities of Caloundra and Kawana Waters and surrounding suburbs, the northern half of Bribie Island and the western hinterland towns of Landsborough, Maleny and Witta. History In 1868, the Queensland Government opened up large areas of land for settlement in the Caloundra area which became home to pioneers and timber cutters seeking red cedar wood. The area was originally incorporated as part of the Caboolture Division on 11 November 1879 under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', Caboolture Division became Shire of Caboolture on 31 March 1903. On 22 February 1912, part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Kawana
Kawana is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the district has been held by both sides of politics over its short history. Geography A coastal urban electorate lying to the east of the Bruce Highway, Kawana includes the suburbs of Kawana Waters, Sippy Downs, Minyama, Buddina, Parrearra, Warana, Bokarina and Birtinya. It also includes Aroona, Little Mountain, Wurtulla and parts of Currimundi and Caloundra West, all of which were added to the district at the redistribution ahead of the 2009 state election. Originally the district stretched further north and west to include the suburbs of Buderim, Mountain Creek and Tanawha. However, these parts were redistributed into the new district of Buderim by the aforementioned redistribution. History First created for the 2001 state election, Kawana essentially replaced the abolished district of Mooloolah. The sitting member for Mooloolah, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
The Sunshine Coast University Hospital is a hospital on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is affiliated with the University of the Sunshine Coast and Griffith University. History In July 2012, Minister for Health Lawrence Springborg from the Newman Ministry of the Queensland Government appointed the Exemplar Health consortium comprising Lendlease, Capella Capital, Siemens and Spotless to deliver the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) as a public–private partnership A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P, or P3) is a long-term arrangement between a government and private sectors, private sector institutions.Hodge, G. A and Greve, C. (2007), Public–Private Partnerships: An International Performance Revie .... Construction began in October 2012. It opened in March 2017 with 450 beds, this is expected to increase to 738 by 2021. It was the first teaching hospital to open in Australia for 20 years. It cost $1.8 billion. The hospital was designed by Suns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warana, Queensland
Warana is a coastal suburb of Kawana Waters in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Warana had a population of 3,831 people. Geography Warana is located within the Kawana Waters urban centre. The western boundary of Warana follows the Mooloolah River and the middle of Wyuna Canal. A coastal reserve, which extends southwards into Bokarina and Wurtulla, has been established along the foreshore preventing beachfront development. The area immediately west of the coastal reserve is residential. In the south-west of the suburb is an industrial estate, the Kawana Sewerage Treatment Plant and an undeveloped marsh area in the far south-west. History The name ''Warana'' was proposed by land developer Alfred Grant on 31 March 1960 during negotiations with the Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmview, Queensland
Palmview is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Although historically rural, it is becoming increasingly suburban. In the , Palmview had a population of 5,236 people. It is home to Aussie World. Geography The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south-west (Glenview, Queensland, Glenview / Meridan Plains, Queensland, Meridan Plains) and exits to the north-west (Tanawha, Queensland, Tanawha / Sippy Downs, Queensland, Sippy Downs). There is rural residential housing in the south-west of the locality with other areas in the west of locality currently undeveloped. There is denser suburban housing in the north-east of the locality with the other areas in the east of locality predominantly used for Pastoralism, grazing on native vegetation. History Palmview is situated in the Gubbi Gubbi people, Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi) traditional Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal country. With a history of logging and farming, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
