Tinbeerwah is a semi-rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,160 people.

Geography

The Cooroy-Noosa Road runs through from west (

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) to east (

Tewantin Tewantin ( ) is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. Tewantin was the original settlement in the Noosa region and is one of its three major centres today. In the , the locality of T ...

). Mount Tinbeerwah is in the north of locality () rising above sea level. The north of the locality is within the

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History

The name ''Tinbeerwah'' is Aboriginal for "place of grasstrees" or "high hill climbing up". Tinbeerwah Provisional School opened on 2 September 1914. On 1 September 1916, it became Tinbeerwah State School. It closed on 9 August 1963. In 1987, 12-year-old Noosa schoolgirl Sian Kingi was raped and murdered in Tinbeerwah after being abducted from

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. Between 2008 and 2013, Tinbeerwah (and the rest of the Shire of Noosa) was within

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but the Shire of Noosa was re-established in 2014.

Demographics

In the , Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,262. In the , Tinbeerwah had a population of 974 people. In the , Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,160 people.

Education

There are no schools in Tinbeerwah. The nearest government primary schools are: * Tewantin State School in neighbouring Tewantin to the east * Eumundi State School in neighbouring

Eumundi Eumundi is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Eumundi is very popular on the coast for its bi-weekly farmers' markets. In the , the locality of Eumundi had a population of 2,504 people. Geography Eu ...

to the south * Cooroy State School in

Cooroy Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Cooroy had a population of 4,801 people. Geography Cooroy is inland from the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa ...

to the south-west * Noosaville State School in

Noosaville Noosaville is a town and suburb in Noosa in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Noosaville had a population of 8,716 people. Geography Noosaville is bounded by the Noosa River to the north, Weyba Creek to the ...

to the east The nearest government secondary school is

Noosa District State High School Noosa District State High School is a twin campus high school based in Cooroy and Pomona in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The Cooroy campus was established in 1963, and as of 2016, had 1335 students. The school has two campuses in ...

which has its junior campus in Pomona to the north-west and its senior campus in Cooroy to the south-west.

References

External links

* {{Noosa Shire Suburbs of Noosa Shire, Queensland Localities in Queensland