- Source: Tinbeerwah, Queensland
Tinbeerwah is a semi-rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,160 people.
Geography
The Cooroy-Noosa Road runs through from west (Lake Macdonald) to east (Tewantin).
Mount Tinbeerwah is in the north of locality (26.3902°S 152.9752°E / -26.3902; 152.9752 (Mount Tinbeerwah)) rising 265 metres (869 ft) above sea level.
The north of the locality is within the Tewantin National Park.
History
The name Tinbeerwah is Aboriginal for "place of grasstrees" or "high hill climbing up".
Tinbeerwah Provisional School opened on 2 September 1914. On 1 September 1916, it became Tinbeerwah State School. It closed on 9 August 1963.
In 1987, 12-year-old Noosa schoolgirl Sian Kingi was raped and murdered in Tinbeerwah after being abducted from Noosa Heads.
Between 2008 and 2013, Tinbeerwah (and the rest of the Shire of Noosa) was within Sunshine Coast Region but the Shire of Noosa was re-established in 2014.
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,262.
In the 2016 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 974 people.
In the 2021 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,160 people.
Education
There are no schools in Tinbeerwah. The nearest government primary schools are:
Tewantin State School in neighbouring Tewantin to the east
Eumundi State School in neighbouring Eumundi to the south
Cooroy State School in Cooroy to the south-west
Noosaville State School in Noosaville to the east
The nearest government secondary school is Noosa District State High School which has its junior campus in Pomona to the north-west and its senior campus in Cooroy to the south-west.
References
External links
"Tinbeerwah". Queensland Places. University of Queensland.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Tinbeerwah, Queensland
- Murder of Sian Kingi
- List of places in Queensland by population
- Tewantin
- Shire of Noosa
- Lake Macdonald, Queensland
- Doonan, Queensland
- Cooroibah, Queensland
- Cooroy Mountain, Queensland
- Cooroy–Noosa Road
