Bokarina is a coastal

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in the

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, Australia, located within the

Kawana Waters Kawana Waters is an urban centre on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, between Caloundra and Maroochydore along the Coral Sea coast. It was originally the estate development name and has passed into common usage, but it is not official ...

urban centre. In the , Bokarina had a population of 1,935 people.

History

The name ''Bokarina'' was bestowed at the request of the land developer, Alfred Grant Pty Ltd, in the belief that the name was an Aboriginal expression indicating ''middle'' i.e. half-way along the Kawana Waters land-development scheme in 1969. In the early 1980s, Bokarina emerged as Bokarina Beach, with an initial subdivision between the foreshore reserve and the sports complex on

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. Kawana Waters State High School opened 28 January 1986. Bokarina State School opened on 27 January 1987. On 1 January 2006 the two schools was amalgamated to form Kawana – Bokarina State College, which was renamed on 3 March 2006 to become

Kawana Waters State College Kawana Waters State College (KWSC) is a Prep to Year Twelve (K–12) college in Kawana Waters on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The campus is next to Lake Kawana. The college is the result of a merger between the Grade 7 to Grade 1 ...

. Kawana Waters Uniting Church was dedicated by Reverend Raymond F. Hunt (Moderator of the

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) on 20 July 1986.

Demographics

In the , Bokarina had a population of 1,235 people, 50.9% female and 49.1% male. The median age of the Bokarina population was 38 years, 1 year above the national median of 37. 81.8% of people living in Bokarina were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 4.7%, Philippines 0.6%, Scotland 0.5%, Germany 0.5%. 93.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% German, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.3% Punjabi. In the , Bokarina had a population of 1,351 people. In the , Bokarina had a population of 1,935 people.

Education

Kawana Waters State College is a government primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 119 Sportsmans Parade (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,614 students with 130 teachers (118 full-time equivalent) and 64 non-teaching staff (45 full-time equivalent). It includes a

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program.

Amenities

Kawana Waters Uniting Church is at 3 Honeysuckle Drive ().

References

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* {{Sunshine Coast Region Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Kawana Waters, Queensland Coastline of Queensland