Coolabine, Queensland

Coolabine is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Coolabine had a population of 71 people.[1]

Coolabine
Queensland
Coolabine
Coordinates26.5983°S 152.7844°E / -26.5983; 152.7844 (Coolabine (centre of locality))
Population71 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density5.55/km2 (14.37/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4574
Area12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)Nicklin
Federal Division(s)Fairfax
Suburbs around Coolabine:
Kenilworth Gheerulla Gheerulla
Kenilworth Coolabine Obi Obi
Kenilworth Kidaman Creek Kidaman Creek

Geography

Coolabine is a locality in a valley (approx 100 metres above sea level) surrounded by mountains to the north, east and south, a range that includes Mount Thilba Thalba (450 metres in neighbouring Gheerulla) and Connors Knob (420 metres in neighbouring Obi Obi). It is locality is bounded on its west by Obi Obi Creek. Cooloobun Creek rises in the mountains to the south and then flows through the locality from east to west, joining Obi Obi Creek.[3]

The land is freehold and rural residential in character.[3]

History

The name Coolabine is an Aboriginal word meaning "place of koalas".[2]

Coolabine State School opened about 1928 and closed about 1956.[4]

In the 2016 census Coolabine had a population of 71 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coolabine (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Coolabine – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 48578)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0


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