Ninderry is a rural town and

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in the

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,301 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the north-west by the

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and the North Coast railway line and to the south-west by the North Maroochy River. The locality is loosely bounded to the east by the ridgeline of the Ninderry Range. There are two mountains in the locality * Fair Hill in the north-west of the locality () rising to above sea level * Mount Ninderry in the south-east corner of the locality () rising to On the outskirts of Yandina, the land use is mostly

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but some areas are still used for agriculture.

History

The town takes its name the from Ninderry Range. The name of the range is a corruption of the

Kabi language Gubbi Gubbi, also spelt Kabi Kabi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Kabi Kabi people of South-east Queensland. The main dialect, Gubbi Gubbi, is extinct, but there are still 24 people with knowledge of the Butc ...

word ''nyindur'' / ''durree'', meaning ''place of scrub leeches.''

Demographics

In the , the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,087 people. In the , the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,301 people.

Education

There are no schools in Ninderry. The nearest government primary schools are Yandina State School in neighbouring Yandina to the south-west and North Arm State School in neighbouring North Arm to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Nambour State College in

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to the south.

Community groups

Maroochy Landcare and Maroochy Mooloola Catchment Coordinating Association are both based in Ninderry. Both are affiliated with

Landcare Australia Landcare Australia is a community not-for-profit organisation that involves local groups of volunteers repairing the natural environment. Initially, projects focused on agricultural farmland. The idea was that farmers, conservationists, and scie ...

Parks

There are a number of parks in the area: * Collins Road Natural Amenity Reserve () * George Best Park () * Honeydew Place Natural Amenity Reserve () * Leach Park () * Mount Ninderry Bushland Conservation Reserve () * North Maroochy River Esplanade – Yandina () * Old Coach Way Bushland Conservation Reserve () * Old Coach Way Park ()

Attractions

The bushwalk up Mount Ninderry has two lookouts with panoramic views east to Mount Coolum and west to Yandina.

References

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* {{authority control Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Localities in Queensland Towns in Queensland