Cootharaba is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Cootharaba had a population of 866 people.

Geography

Lake Cootharaba Lake Cootharaba is a lake on the Noosa River within the locality of Noosa North Shore in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is the gateway to the Everglades, a popular tourist attraction for Noosa, being 20 km away from Noosa ...

forms part of the south-eastern boundary of Cootharaba. A section of

Tewantin National Park The Tewantin National Park is a 13 square kilometre national park in Queensland, Australia. It consists of five individual areas west of Noosa Heads in the Wide Bay-Burnett region about 115 kilometres north of Brisbane and 125 km south of He ...

has been established in the southwest of Cootharaba.

History

It is named after the Aboriginal name for the lake, which referred to the place where wood could be found for making notched or studded clubs. Cootharaba School opened circa 1875 and closed circa 1891. Cooroora Provisional School opened on 17 January 1898. On 1 January 1909, it became Cooroora State School. In 1911, it was renamed Kareewa State School. In 1933, it was renamed Boreen Junction State School. It closed in 1947. It was at 24 Cootharaba Road (). Cootharaba Lake State School opened on 23 August 1909. It closed in 1943. It was located on the corner of Lake Flat Road and Kildeys Road (approx ). Between 2008 and 2013, Cootharaba and the rest of Shire of Noosa was within the

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 o ...

as a result of a forced amalgamation; however the decision was reversed and Shire of Noosa restored in 2014.

Demographics

In the , Cootharaba and surrounding suburbs recorded a population of 791. In the , Cootharaba had a population of 834 people. In the , Cootharaba had a population of 866 people.

Education

There are no schools in Cootharaba. The nearest government primary school is Kin Kin State School in neighbouring Kin Kin to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Noosa District State High School, which has its junior campus in neighbouring Pomona to the south-east and its senior campus in

Cooroy Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Cooroy had a population of 4,801 people. Geography Cooroy is inland from the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa ...

to the south.

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