Tinbeerwah is a semi-rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 974 people.[1]
Tinbeerwah Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Coveys Rd, Tinbeerwah, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 26.4066°S 152.9761°E / -26.4066; 152.9761 | ||||||||||||||
Population | 974 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 44.07/km2 (114.1/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4563 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 15 km (9 mi) W of Noosa Heads | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Shire of Noosa | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Noosa | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Tinbeerwah is around 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of Noosa.
Mount Tinbeerwah is located in the north where the Tewantin National Park and Tewantin Forest Reserve have been established.
The name Tinbeerwah is Aboriginal for "place of grasstrees" or "high hill climbing up".[3][4]
Tinbeerwah Provisional School opened on 2 September 1914. On 1 September 1916 it became Tinbeerwah State School. It closed on 9 August 1963.[5]
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.
At the 2011 census the locality recorded a population of 1,262.[6]
Suburbs and towns in the Shire of Noosa, South East Queensland | |
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