Yaroomba is a coastal

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Yaroomba had a population of 1,623 people.

Geography

The eastern boundary of the suburb is the Coral Sea, featuring a long strip of sand called Yaroomba Beach (). The land rises from sea level in the east to approximately in the west. The Palmer Coolum Resort and Golf Course occupies about half the suburb, . The remainder is residential housing. The

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traverses the suburb from north-east to south-east.

History

The suburb began life as a housing estate named Coronation Beach in 1953 in honour of the

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. The name was changed to Yaroomba, a Kabi word which means "surf on the beach", in 1961. In 2007, a piece of hardwood ribbing was found on the beach by Scott Patterson. It was uncovered due to a combination of high tides and rushing creek waters from recent heavy rain. It was part of the shipwrecked Kirkdale. The ship was built in

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, England, and was a twin-masted sailing ship about long. It left Launceston in May 1862 bound for

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in Ceylon (now

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) via the

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; however, after arriving at

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, the captain turned and travelled south again and ran aground off Yaroomba Beach on 19 July 1862. The ship caught fire but the captain and crew members were able to launch a boat and survived. In the , Yaroomba had a population of 1,623 people.

Education

There are no schools in Yaroomba, but the suburb is in the catchment for Coolum State School and Coolum State High School in neighbouring

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 ...

. The closest public library is in Coolum.

Amenities

There are a number of parks in the suburb: * Bimini Dr Park () * Birrahl Park () * Diamond Close Natural Amenity Reserve () * Donegal Drive Environmental Reserve () * Marcoola -Yaroomba Foreshore Bushland Conservation Reserve () * Meadowlands Park () * Opel Pl Drainage E/ment () * Warran Road Natural Amenity Reserve () * Yaroomba Bushland 1 Park () * Yaroomba Bushland 2 Park () * Yaroomba Bushland Park Bushland Conservation Reserve ()

References

External links

* {{Sunshine Coast Region Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Coastline of Queensland