Kureelpa is a
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
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in the
Sunshine Coast Region,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
, Australia.
In the , Kureelpa had a population of 907 people.
Geography
Poona Dam is an
earth-fill embankment
Embankment may refer to:
Geology and geography
* A levee, an artificial bank raised above the immediately surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea
* Embankment (earthworks), a raised bank to carry a road, railwa ...
dam
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with a toe drain with an
un-gated spillway across a tributary of the
South Maroochy River.
The main purpose of the dam is for
storage of
potable water for the
Sunshine Coast region.
History
The name Kureelpa is reportedly derived from an Aboriginal name, ''Kuril-ba'', meaning a place of rats and mice.
[
Kureelpa Provisional School opened on 24 February 1914, becoming Kureelpa State School on 1 June 1916. The school closed on 1 December 1967.]
Poona State School opened on 9 November 1915 and closed on 30 June 1933. Despite the name, this school was not located in Poona in the Fraser Coast Region
The Fraser Coast Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the twin cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough and also contains Fraser ...
, but "via Nambour", possibly in the vicinity of the Poona Dam in Kureelpa The first teacher was Ethel Edwards. It closed due to low student numbers in June 1933. The school buildings were sold in 1937.
The Poona Dam was built in 1959. The height of the dam wall was increased in 1969 with upgrades to the spillway in 1998.
Blackall Range Independent School opened on 2 February 1975. It initially occupied the Kureelpa Hall and then moved to the building of the former Kureelpa State School.
Education
Blackall Range Independent School is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 551 Mapleton Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 54 students with 8 teachers (6 full-time equivalent) and 11 non-teaching staff (7 full-time equivalent).
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{{Sunshine Coast Region
Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region
Localities in Queensland