Perwillowen is a rural
locality in the
Sunshine Coast Region
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It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires o ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Perwillowen had a population of 213 people.
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Geography
Burnside Road forms the north-east boundary of the locality. Perwillowen Road enters the locality from the east ( Burnside) and proceeds west through the centre of the locality as its main artery, terminating within the north-west of the locality.rural residential
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and suburban blocks) and grazing
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on native vegetation.
History
The name ''Perwillowen'' is reportedly an Aboriginal name for ''pigeons
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''. It has had many variant spellings over the years including ''Pillywillman'', ''Pillawillamon'', ''Pillewilliman'' and ''Perwillowan''.[
Perwillowen Creek Provisional School opened on 15 May 1916. It was built on high stumps with a verandah. There were 22 children enrolled and the first teacher was Miss E. M. Lavin. It become Perwillowen Creek State School about 1923. It closed in October 1930 due to low student numbers but reopened on 13 July 1932. It finally closed in 1959. It was on Perwillowen Road (approx ).
Nambour Wesleyan Methodist Church opened in 1980.]
Demographics
In the , Perwillowen had a population of 221 people.
Education
There are no schools in Perwillowen. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Burnside State School and Burnside State High School, both in neighbouring Burnside to the north-east. There are also non-government schools in Burnside and other Nambour
Nambour is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 12,145 people.
Geography
Nambour is north of the state capital ...
suburbs.
Amenities
Nambour Wesleyan Methodist Church is at 165 Perwillowen Road (). It is part of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia
The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia is a Christian denomination with its origins in Wesleyan Methodism. It is the organisational name for contemporary The Wesleyan Church in Australia. (The historic Wesleyan Methodist denomination in Aust ...
.
References
Further reading
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{{Sunshine Coast Region
Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region
Localities in Queensland