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| Mooloolah Valley Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Mooloolah railway station | |||||||||||||||
  Mooloolah Valley | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°45′45″S152°57′48″E / 26.7625°S 152.9633°E /-26.7625; 152.9633 (Mooloolah Valley (centre of locality)) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,629 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 198.3/km2 (513.6/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4553 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 18.3 km2 (7.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Sunshine Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fisher | ||||||||||||||
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Mooloolah Valley is a rurallocality in theSunshine Coast Region,Queensland, Australia.[2] In the2021 census, Mooloolah Valley had a population of 3,629 people.[1]
Mooloolah is a town (26°45′55″S152°57′41″E / 26.7652°S 152.9613°E /-26.7652; 152.9613 (Mooloolah)) within the locality.[3]
Mooloolah Valley is in theSunshine Coast hinterland, north ofLandsborough on the mainrailway line from Brisbane with regular services southbound to Brisbane and northbound toNambour andGympie fromMooloolah railway station (26°45′58″S152°57′48″E / 26.7661°S 152.9633°E /-26.7661; 152.9633 (Mooloolah railway station)).[4][5]
TheMooloolah River forms part of the eastern boundary.[6]
The nameMooloolah comes from theKabi language meaning eitherplace of black snakes orplace of snapper.[3][7]
In early 1861 the tender of Edmund Lander was accepted, by the Commissioner forCrown Lands, for thepastoral run of Mooloolah Plains in the Wide Bay and Burnett District.[8] A year later the lease was transferred to John Westaway.[9]
Lander went on to select 80acres (32 hectares) in 1869 on the main coach road betweenBrisbane andGympie at the Mooloolah Bridge. On this property the Mooloolah Post Office was established in 1872.[10][11][12]
The town of Mooloolah was surveyed in 1884 by J.E. Palisser.[3] The locality was originally called Mooloolah but this was changed to Mooloolah Valley on 2 June 1995.[2]
Mooloolah Provisional School opened on 6 February 1894 with an initial enrolment of 28 students under head teacher Agnes May Black. On 1 January 1909, it became Mooloolah State School.[13][14]
St Thomas' Anglican Church was dedicated on 22 April 1927 by Archdeacon Glover.[15][16][17]
Glasshouse Country Uniting Church opened its church atBeerwah on 16 December 2000. It was a result of the merger of the Glasshouse Uniting Church, Beerwah Uniting Church, Landsborough Uniting Church and Mooloolah Uniting Church.[18]
In the2016 census, Mooloolah Valley had a population of 3,321 people.[19]
In the2021 census, Mooloolah Valley had a population of 3,629 people.[1]
Mooloolah has a number ofheritage-listed sites, including:
Mooloolah State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at King Road (26°46′08″S152°57′30″E / 26.7690°S 152.9582°E /-26.7690; 152.9582 (Mooloolah State School)).[22][23] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 191 students with 16 teachers (14 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).[24]
There are no secondary schools in Mooloolah Valley. The nearest government secondary schools are Maleny State High School inMaleny to the west,Beerwah State High School inBeerwah to the south,Chancellor State College inSippy Downs to the north-east, and Nambour State College inNambour to the north.[6] Palmview State Secondary College inPalmview to the north-east is another option,[25] but, having opened in 2023, will not offer all years of secondary schooling until 2027.[26]
Mooloolah Valley Community Association is a not-for-profit organisation based at Mooloolah Community Centre,[27] raising money, providing services and events to the local community including:
Mooloolah Public Hall was officially opened in 1905 and provides a space for community events (e.g. concerts, markets, exercise classes, clubs).[28]
TheSunshine Coast Regional Council operates amobile library service which visits Bray Road.[29]
St Thomas' Anglican Church is at 31 Bray Road (26°45′56″S152°57′35″E / 26.7655°S 152.9596°E /-26.7655; 152.9596 (St Thomas' Anglican Church)). Weekly services are held on Wednesday.[30]
