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Wootha is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Wootha had a population of 201 people.[1]

Wootha
Queensland
Looking across Wootha towards the Glass House Mountains, circa 1931
Wootha
Coordinates26.7875°S 152.8002°E / -26.7875; 152.8002 (Wootha (centre of locality))
Population201 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density12.48/km2 (32.33/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4552
Area16.1 km2 (6.2 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)Glass House
Federal division(s)Fisher
Suburbs around Wootha:
Reesville Reesville Maleny
Conondale Wootha Crohamhurst
Booroobin Booroobin Peachester

History


The name Wootha comes from the Kabi language (Dallambara dialect) meaning red cedar tree.[2]

Blackall Range Provisional School opened about 1886, becoming Blackall Range State School on 1 October 1909. It was renamed Wootha State School in 1937. It closed in 1949.[3]

In the 2016 census Wootha had a population of 201 people.[1]


Attractions


Maleny Botanic Gardens
Maleny Botanic Gardens

Despite its name, Maleny Botanic Gardens and Bird World is at 233 Maleny Stanley River Road in Wootha (26.7800°S 152.8346°E / -26.7800; 152.8346 (Maleny Botanic Gardens and Bird World)).[4]


References


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wootha, Queensland.
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wootha (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Wootha – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 48944)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  4. "Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World". – Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

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