Peregian Beach is a beach and small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast,

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, Australia. It is a

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split between two

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with the eastern coastal in the

Shire of Noosa The Shire of Noosa () is a Local government in Australia, local government area about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covers an area of . It existed as ...

and the western hinterland part in the

Sunshine Coast Region The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia, from which it takes its name. It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires o ...

. In the , Peregian Beach had a population of 4,972 people.

Geography

Peregian Beach within the Sunshine Coast Region comprises continual residential development along the eastern coastal strip of sandy beaches. The

David Low Way David Low Way is a Australian road connecting the many coastal townships of the Sunshine Coast with the two large city centres of Maroochydore in the south and Noosa Heads in the north. The route is an alternative coastal route to the Sunshin ...

passes north to south through this area. Development to the west is constrained by Noosa National Park. Peregian Beach within the

is further west, bounded on the north by

Lake Weyba Lake Weyba is a large shallow salt lake in the locality of Noosaville in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. History Lake Weyba's name comes from the local Aboriginal Australians (Gubbi Gubbi) language meaning stingray. Lake Weyba is ...

and to the east by Noosa National Park and Murdering Creek. Its south-western boundary roughly follows Emu Mountain Road. This area is only sparsely settled.

History

The

Gubbi Gubbi The Kabi Kabi people, also spelt Gubbi Gubbi, Gabi Gabi, and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people native to South Eastern Queensland. During the Australian frontier wars of the 19th century, there were several mass killings o ...

(also written as Kabi Kabi) are the traditional owers of the Peregian area, who lived inland during the winter and on the coast in the summer, having a camp site near

. The name ''Peregian'' is a Kabi Kabi word for ''

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'' or may derive from ''perridhan/jan'' meaning ''mangrove seeds''. Nearby Mount Peregian was formerly known as Emu Mountain. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, Peregian Beach, Sunshine Beach and surrounding areas were used for artillery training. Current residents occasionally discover artillery shells and unexploded ordnance on their land. A township began to develop in 1960, when the first house was built in Pelican Street. The town was officially named ''Peregian'' on 1 April 1966. It was renamed ''Perigian Beach'' on 1 February 1972. Peregian Beach Community Primary School opened in 2002. In 2006, it began to offer secondary schooling with the first Year 12 students graduating in 2012. It was renamed Peregian Beach Community College, now Peregian Beach College. Between 2008 and 2013, all of Peregian Beach (and the rest of the Shire of Noosa) was within

. In 2015, there was a competition for local residents to choose one of four pieces of artwork to decorate the concrete walls of the Peregian Beach Reservoir. The winning artwork was "Peregian Stand" by Peregian artist Colin Passmore which depicted a stand of

melaleuca ''Melaleuca'' () is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles, bottlebrushes or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of '' Leptospermum''). They ...

trees. In 2018, the Peregian Beach Digital Hub was opened by Queensland minister

Stirling Hinchliffe Stirling James Hinchliffe (born 23 November 1970) is an Australian politician. Early life Born in Dalby, Queensland, he was educated at state schools and received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. He was a property indus ...

, local member

Sandy Bolton Sandra Leigh Bolton (born 3 March 1964) is an Australian politician. She has been the Independent member for Noosa in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017. She is a graduate of Central Queensland University. Bolton was one of the ori ...

, and Mayor Tony Wellington It was built on the site of the former Peregian Bowls Club. In September 2019, Peregian Beach was significantly impacted by

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believed to be deliberately started by two teenagers. It took 200 firefighters two days to control the blaze.

Demographics

In the , the suburb of Peregian Beach had a population of 3,531 people. In the , the suburb of Peregian Beach had a population of 3,791 people. In the , the suburb of Peregian Beach had a population of 4,972 people.

Education

Peregian Beach Community College is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school at 41 Old Emu Mountain Road (). There are no government schools in Peregian Beach. The nearest government primary schools are Peregian Springs State School in neighbouring Peregian Springs to the south-west and Sunshine Beach State School in Sunshine Beach to the north. The nearest government secondary school is

Coolum State High School Coolum State High School is a coeducational public secondary school based in Coolum Beach in the Sunshine Coast Region of Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Aust ...

in neighbouring Coolum Beach to the south.

Economy

The Peregian Digital Hub is a purpose-built facility for technology companies and technology designed to facilitate collaboration. It is at 253-255 David Low Way ().

Amenities

The Shire of Noosa operates a weekly mobile library service located on Woodland Drive.

Transport

The

passes through Peregian Beach. Routes 620 and 630 serve the town for bus services connecting Noosa Junction and Maroochydore.

References

External links

* {{authority control Suburbs of Noosa Shire, Queensland Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region Towns in Queensland Queensland in World War II Coastline of Queensland