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Cooroy Post Office
Cooroy Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 33 Maple Street, Cooroy, Queensland, Cooroy, Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye (architect), Thomas Pye and built in 1914 by L. Baldry. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 August 2012. History Post and telegraph facilities were available at Cooroy railway station from 1892. The facilities moved from the station to the present site of the Post Office in 1911 when the townspeople and the Australian Government decided to use the building originally built for the chambers of the Noosa Shire Council as a post office. It was leased by the Postmaster-General of Australia, Postmaster-General for this purpose. In October 1911, the Queensland Governor approved the sale of the land to the Australian Government for the purpose of a post and telegraph office at a cost of , with first post master appointed being Mr Campbell. E.G. Chinnery was appointed permanent post master i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooroy, Queensland
Cooroy is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), 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, Queensland, Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa Heads, Queensland, Noosa Heads. The Bruce Highway runs through the locality from south-east to north-west, bypassing the town. The Cooroy–Noosa Road exits to the east from Cooroy Connection Road, which runs north through the town from the Bruce Highway. West Cooroy National Park is located to west of Cooroy. History Cooroy's name came from Cooroy Mountain, Queensland, Mount Cooroy, which was originally called Coorooey, from an Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal word for Phalangeriformes, possum, ''kurui''. The area was explored by timber-cutters as early as 1863. Cooroy's main industry developed from timber, having two operating sawmills, into dairying and fruit growing. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
