Lilywood is a rural locality in the

City of Moreton Bay The City of Moreton Bay, known until July 2023 as the Moreton Bay Region, is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local go ...

, Queensland, Australia.

History

In April 2023, the Queensland Government decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities named

Corymbia ''Corymbia'', commonly known as bloodwoods, is a genus of about one hundred species of tree that, along with ''Eucalyptus'', '' Angophora'' and several smaller groups, are referred to as eucalypts. Until 1990, corymbias were included in the gen ...

, Greenstone, Lilywood, Wagtail Grove, and Waraba by excising parts of the existing localities of Bellmere,

Rocksberg Rocksberg is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rocksberg had a population of 300 people. In April 2023, the Queensland Government decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating f ...

, Upper Caboolture, and

Wamuran Wamuran is a rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wamuran had a population of 3,196 people. Wamuran is known for its fresh strawberries and pineapples. Geography Wamuran is located ...

. Lilywood was created from land formerly within Upper Caboolture. The name is a combination of the words of ''lily'' and ''wood'', with the lily referring to the blue flax-lily (''

Dianella caerulea ''Dianella caerulea'', commonly known as the blue flax-lily, blueberry lily, or paroo lily, is a perennial herb of the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, found across the eastern states of Australia and Tasmania. It is a herbaceo ...

''), a plant native to the

Caboolture Caboolture () is a town and suburb in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 26,433 people. It is located on the north side of the Caboolture River, which separates the town from Morayfi ...

area.

Education

There are no schools in Lilywood. The nearest government primary school is Minimbah State School in Morayfield to the east. The nearest government secondary school is

Morayfield State High School Morayfield State High School is a public, coeducational high school in Morayfield, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type ...

, also in Morayfield.

References

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