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The area was originally known as Skyring Creek after brothers Zachariah and Daniel Skyring who established cattle runs in the district circa 1853. Their runs were named Canando, Yandina, Whidlka Whidlka (later Tuchekoi) and Pooreema, in total of land north of the
locality
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in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland
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, Australia. In the Federal had a population of 303. It is located in the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to:
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hinterland near the towns of Cooran and Pomona.
Geography
Skyring Creek, a tributary of the Mary River forms part of the northwest boundary of the locality. Federal is traversed by the Bruce Highway. The highway has seen two recent upgrades - one to the north and one to the south of Federal - costing more than $500 million each. The land use is predominantlygrazing
In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and ot ...
on native vegetation.
History
The area was originally known as Skyring Creek after brothers Zachariah and Daniel Skyring who established cattle runs in the district circa 1853. Their runs were named Canando, Yandina, Whidlka Whidlka (later Tuchekoi) and Pooreema, in total of land north 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 ...
.Historical Cultural Heritage of Noosa Shire: Mary River Catchment, p. 13
The name ''Federal'' refers to the arrival of a group of selectors from Federal in New South Wales
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in 1905–6.
Federal State School opened on 14 February 1910.
Federal Memorial Hall opened on 26 September 1930.Historical Cultural Heritage of Noosa Shire: Mary River Catchment, pp. 21–22
Between 2008 and 2013 Federal (and the rest of the Shire of Noosa) was within 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 con ...
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At the the locality of Federal recorded a population of 320.
In the Federal had a population of 303 .
Heritage listings
Federal has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 1612 Bruce Highway: Federal State School * 1642 Bruce Highway: Federal Memorial HallEducation
Federal State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 40 Middle Creek Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 89 students with 11 teachers (7 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Federal. The nearest secondary school is Noosa District State High School which has its junior campus at neighbouring Pomona to the north-east and its senior campus atCooroy
Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cooroy had a population of 3,791 people.
Geography
Cooroy is inland from the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa He ...
to the east.
Amenities
The Shire of Noosa operates a mobile library on a weekly schedule at the Federal State School during the school terms. Social life centres on the Federal Memorial Hall on 2 Skyring Road (Old Bruce Highway, ).Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Cliona Lodge () * Dunromin () * Monte Video ()References
Sources
* {{Noosa Shire Suburbs of Noosa Shire, Queensland Localities in Queensland