Kiels Mountain is a rural
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 , Kiels Mountain had a population of 664 people.
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Geography
The Bruce Highway
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defines the western boundary of the locality. The mountain of the same name is central to the locality () and rises to .
Eudlo Creek passes through the southeast tip of Kiels Mountain. Numerous creeks form on the slopes of the mountain, all of which are eventually tributaries of the Maroochy River
The Maroochy River is a river in South East Queensland, Australia. The river rises from the eastern slopes of the Blackall Range and flows east through Eumundi, before entering the sea at Cotton Tree, Maroochydore. Other populated centres in t ...
.
The land use is principally rural residential
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.
History
The mountain is named after Heinrich "Henry" August Keil who selected on the eastern slopes in 1880. He was the first settler at Diddillibah, on the north side of Kiels Mountain in 1869. Henry Keil was born 13 July 1838 in Frankenberg, Hesse
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, Germany, the eldest son of Heinrich Andreas Keil and Anna Katherina Schwaner. He immigrated to Queesland arriving in Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
28 March 1857 on 'SS Helene'.
Henry Keil and his wife Elizabeth were prominent Salvationists during the early growth of the Salvation Army
Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its c ...
on the Sunshine Coast, and were known for their charity to the local Aborigines.
Kiel's Mountain State School opened on 23 September 1918 and closed on 15 April 1962. It was at 349-355 Diddillibah Road (north-west corner of Preston Road, ); it is now within the locality boundaries of Diddillibah
Diddillibah is a semi-rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, 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 " ...
.
The spelling was Anglicised from Keils to Kiels Mountain c1930.
On 7 December 2003, 13-year-old Daniel Morcombe
Daniel James Morcombe (19 December 1989 – 7 December 2003) was an Australian boy who was abducted from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland on 7 December 2003 when he was 13 years old. Eight years later, Brett Peter Cowan (born 18 September 1969), a ...
disappeared while waiting for a bus on Nambour-Connection Rd (Old Bruce Highway), near the Kiel Mountain Road overpass at Woombye. An arrest was made in August 2011 in connection with his death. His remains were discovered near the Glass House Mountains
The Glass House Mountains are a cluster of thirteen hills that rise abruptly from the coastal plain on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The highest hill is Mount Beerwah at 556 metres above sea level, but the most identifiable of al ...
.
At the , the locality recorded a population of 657.
In the , Kiels Mountain had a population of 664 people.
Spiritual retreat
Avatar's Abode
Meher Baba (born Merwan Sheriar Irani; 25 February 1894 – 31 January 1969) was an Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or God in human form, of the age. A major spiritual figure of the 20th century, he had a following of ...
is a spiritual retreat dedicated to Meher Baba
Meher Baba (born Merwan Sheriar Irani; 25 February 1894 – 31 January 1969) was an Indian spiritual master who said he was the Avatar, or God in human form, of the age. A major spiritual figure of the 20th century, he had a following of ...
(1894–1969) who stayed there in 1958. Avatar's Abode is the oldest and longest-running eastern retreat in Queensland. It is at 48 Meher Road at the summit of Kiels Mountain ().
Education
There are no schools in Kiels Mountain. The nearest primary schools are in Woombye
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 ...
and 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.
...
. The nearest secondary schools are 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 ...
and 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 ...
.
Amenities
There are a number of parks in the locality, including:
* Brookfield Court Bushland Conservation Reserve ()
* Bushbird Court Bushland Conservation Reserve ()[
* Glenfinnan Bushland Conservation Reserve ()]
* Kaalba Court Natural Amenity Reserve ()
* Kentish Road Reserve ()
* Kiel Mountain Bushland Conservation Reserve ()
* Merimist Way Bushland Conservation Reserve ()
References
Further reading
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External links
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{{Sunshine Coast Region
Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region
Localities in Queensland