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Mooloolah
Mooloolah Valley is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mooloolah Valley had a population of 3,321 people. Mooloolah is a town () within the locality. Geography Mooloolah Valley is in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, north of Landsborough on the main railway line from Brisbane with regular services southbound to Brisbane and northbound to Nambour and Gympie from Mooloolah railway station (). The Mooloolah River forms part of the eastern boundary. History The name ''Mooloolah'' comes from the Kabi language meaning either ''place of black snakes'' or ''place of schnapper''. The town of Mooloolah was surveyed in 1884 by J.E. Palisser. The locality was originally called Mooloolah but this was changed to Mooloolah Valley on 2 June 1995. Mooloolah Provisional School opened on 6 February 1894. On 1 January 1909 it became Mooloolah State School. St Thomas' Anglican Church was dedicated on 22 April 1927 by Archdeacon Glover. Glasshouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mooloolah River
The Mooloolah River is a river in South East Queensland, Australia. The river rises from the eastern slopes of the Blackall Range and flows east-northeast, similar to the Maroochy River to the north. The mouth of the river is at southern Mooloolaba. The catchment area covers 221 km2. Addlington Creek, a tributary of the Mooloolah River was dammed by the Ewen Maddock Dam in 1973. Mountain Creek is another tributary that rises on the Buderim mountain that divides the Mooloolah and Maroochy watersheds. The gastric-brooding frog is a recently extinct frog that was discovered in only three catchments, the Mary River, Mooloolah River and Stanley Rivers. Although the Mooloolah River doesn't experience major flooding often, a flood warning system was established in 2004 to inform the Sunshine Coast Regional Council with river height predictions from network of rainfall and river height field stations. History The indigenous peoples of the area along the banks of the Mooloolah River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |