Cooroy Mountain, Queensland

Cooroy Mountain is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Cooroy Mountain had a population of 148 people.[4]

Cooroy Mountain
Queensland
Cooroy Mountain is located in Queensland
Cooroy Mountain
Cooroy Mountain
Coordinates26.4319°S 152.9511°E / -26.4319; 152.9511 (Cooroy Mountain (centre of locality))
Population148 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4563
Elevation100–422 m (328–1,385 ft)[2]
Area9.2 km2 (3.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Noosa
State electorate(s)Noosa
Federal division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Cooroy Mountain:
Lake MacDonald Lake MacDonald Tinbeerwah
Cooroy Cooroy Mountain Tinbeerwah
Eerwah Vale Eumundi Doonan

Geography

Mount Cooroy is in the south-east of the locality (26.4325°S 152.9533°E / -26.4325; 152.9533 (Mount Cooroy)) and rises to 422 metres (1,385 ft) above sea level.[5][6] It is within the Mount Cooroy Conservation Park.[2]

Apart from the protected area, the remainder of the locality is used for a mix of rural residential housing and grazing on native vegetation.[2]

History

Cooroy Mountain's name came from Mount Cooroy, which was originally called Coorooey, from the Aboriginal word for possum, kurui.[7]

Kuri'bigil'ba is the name of Cooroy Mountain in the dialect of the Kabi speaking aboriginal peoples of this area. It means the place where the Sun God came down to Dha (Earth). It is believed the mountain turned yellow once a year due to the flowering of an unknown tree.[8] Most likely due to the endemic silky oak tree (Grevillea robusta) which has glabrous yellowish orange flowers from around September to November.

The Kabi Kabi people are the traditional owners of the land. While the Kabi people and their language group are not extinct, many are no longer in the local area of Cooroy mountain as a result of having been moved out of the area as a result of government policies in the past.[9][10]

Between 2008 and 2013, Cooroy Mountain (and the rest of the Shire of Noosa) was within Sunshine Coast Region, due to an enforced amalgamation of local government areas that was subsequently reversed.[11][12]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Cooroy Mountain had a population of 136 people.[13]

In the 2021 census, Cooroy Mountain had a population of 148 people.[4]

Education

There are no schools in Cooroy Mountain. The nearest government primary schools are Cooroy State School in neighbouring Cooroy to the west and Eumundi State School in neighbouring Eumundi to the south. The nearest government secondary school is the Noosa District State High School, which has its junior campus in Pomona to the north-west and its senior campus in neighbouring Cooroy to the west.[2]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cooroy Mountain (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. "Cooroy Mountain – locality in Shire of Noosa (entry 48585)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cooroy Mountain (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. "Mount Cooroy – mountain in Noosa Shire (entry 8321)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. South East Queensland - Place Names Archived 22 June 2005 at the Wayback Machine 16 December 2006
  8. Tales of a Warrior series of books by Brett Green, Gympie
  9. "Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi)". gubbigubbi.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  10. "Gubbi Gubbi". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  11. "Backward Glance: History of Local Government on the Sunshine Coast". Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  12. "The Noosa De-amalgamation: Building a New Organisation". Noosa Shire Council. 2 January 2014. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  13. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooroy Mountain (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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