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Diddillibah is a semi-rural
Its name comes from a local Aboriginal word ''dhilla'', which means "coarse grass" or "carpet snake" and ''ba'', which means "place". Also known as the "valley of the snakes".
Diddillibah Provisional School opened on 14 September 1885. The school building was built by local people led by Richard Heddon. On 1 January 1909, it became Diddillibah State School on 1 January 1909 and the building was given to the
locality
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in the Sunshine Coast Region
The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia.
It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires of Maroochy and Noosa. It cont ...
, Queensland
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, Australia. In the , Diddillibah had a population of 1,403 people.
History
Its name comes from a local Aboriginal word ''dhilla'', which means "coarse grass" or "carpet snake" and ''ba'', which means "place". Also known as the "valley of the snakes".
Diddillibah Provisional School opened on 14 September 1885. The school building was built by local people led by Richard Heddon. On 1 January 1909, it became Diddillibah State School on 1 January 1909 and the building was given to the Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended fr ...
. In December 1937, a new school building was officially opened by the local member of parliament Frank Nicklin
Sir George Francis Reuben Nicklin, (6 August 1895 – 29 January 1978) was an Australian politician. He was the Premier of Queensland from 1957 to 1968, the first non-Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), Labor Party premier since 1932.
. The school closed on 14 May 1962. It was located at 664-668 Diddillabah Road (). It is now Ash Road Park.
Diddillibah Methodist Church opened circa August 1901. It was at 660 Diddillibah Road (). In 1968, the church building was relocated to Coolum Beach
Coolum Beach is a beachside town and coastal suburb in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Coolum Beach had a population of 8,497 people.
Geography
Coolum Beach has the following mountains (from north to s ...
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Diddillibah Community Hall was officially opened on Friday 2 June 1938 by Frank Nicklin. It is the original school building which became available after the new school was built. It was relocated west of the school onto its present site and extended using volunteer labour.
In the , Diddillibah had a population of 1,403 people.
Education
There are no schools in Diddillibah. The nearest government primary schools are Woombye State School in neighbouringWoombye
Woombye is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Woombye had a population of 3,246 people.
Geography
Woombye is located on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine ...
to the west, Bli Bli State School in neighbouring Bli Bli
Bli Bli () is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bli Bli had a population of 7,801 people. Geography
A few kilometres inland from the Maroochydore urban area, Bli Bli rises above the wetlands ...
to the north-east, and Kuluin State School in neighbouring Kuluin
Kuluin is a suburb of Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kuluin had a population of 2363 people.
History
The locality takes its name from an Aboriginal word in the Kabi language meaning black swan.
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to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Maroochydore State High School
Maroochydore State High School (commonly abbreviated as 'MSHS') is a co-educational, state secondary school located on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in the town of Maroochydore, approximately north of Brisbane.
It has grown from an enrolment of 2 ...
in neighbouring Maroochydore
Maroochydore ( ) is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
The town was subdivided from the Cotton Tree reserve by Surveyor Thomas O'Connor in 1903. The land was acquired from William Pettigrew who had a timber de ...
to the east and Nambour State College in Nambour
Nambour is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 11,187 people.
Geography
Nambour is north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town lies in the sub ...
to the north-west.
Facilities
Diddilibah Cemetery is off Ash Road (). Kiel Mountain Rural Fire Station is at 670 Diddillibah Road ().Amenities
Diddillibah Community Hall is at 658 Diddillibah Road (). There are a number of parks in the area: * Ash Road Bushland Conservation Reserve () * Ash Road Park () * Barry Murridge Memorial Garden () * Brookfield Court Bushland Conservation Reserve () * Bushbird Court Bushland Conservation Reserve () * Campbell Road Natural Amenity Reserve () * Diddillibah Road Environmental Reserve () * Diddillibah Road Natural Amenity () * Diddillibah Road Park () * Melcar Court Bushland Conservation Reserve () * River Gum Drive Bushland Conservation Reserve () * Rose Marie Drive Natural Amenity Reserve () * Schottiana Rainforest Park ()References
External links
* {{Sunshine Coast Region Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Localities in Queensland