Ringtail Creek, Queensland

Ringtail Creek is a locality in the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Noosa Heads in Queensland, Australia.[2] It is within the local government area of Shire of Noosa (between 2008 and 2013 it was within Sunshine Coast Region). At the 2011 Australian Census Ringtail Creek recorded a population of 180.[1]

Ringtail Creek
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Population180 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)4565
Location25 km (16 mi) NW of Noosa Heads
LGA(s)Shire of Noosa
State electorate(s)Noosa
Federal Division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Ringtail Creek:
Cootharaba Cootharaba Noosa North Shore
Pomona Ringtail Creek Cooroibah
Pomona Lake MacDonald Cooroibah

Geography

The north-eastern boundary follows the Noosa River where it leaves Lake Cootharaba. A small section in the west belongs to the Mary River catchment area. A large portion of the locality is protected within the Ringtail Forest Reserve.

The town of Cooloothin is at 26.3132°S 152.9735°E / -26.3132; 152.9735 (Cooloothin).[3][4]

History

By 1875, a sugarcane plantation had been established at Cooloothin Creek by 1875.[5]

In July 1880, the Queensland Government sold off 61 town allotments in Cooloothin.[6] A few houses remain on the northern edge of the town but the southern part of the town is now Tewah Park.[7]

At the 2011 census Ringtail Creek had a population of 180 people.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ringtail Creek (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. "Ringtail Creek (entry 48856)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  3. "Cooloothin – population centre in Noosa Shire (entry 8144)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. "Town of Cooloothin" (Map). Queensland Government. 1977. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. "Noosa". The Brisbane Courier. XXX (2, 671). Queensland, Australia. 11 December 1875. p. 7. Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "LAND SALES". The Telegraph (2, 352). Queensland, Australia. 29 May 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Cooloothin". Google Maps (Maps). Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.


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