Wurtulla is a coastal

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of Kawana Waters in the

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, Australia. In the , Wurtulla had a population of 6,254 people.

Geography

Wurtulla is located within the Kawana Waters urban centre. Wurtulla is bounded by the

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to the east, Currimundi Creek (also known as Currimundi Lake) to the south, Pangali Canal and Lake Kawana to the west and Lake Kawana Boulevarde and Wurley Drive to the north. The

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passes through the suburb from north ( Bokarina) to south ( Currimundi). Currimundi Lake (Kathleen McArthur) Conservation Park is a protected area in the south-east of the locality of natural bushland, predominantly the wallum heath that was once commonplace in the coastal areas of

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History

Wurtulla was originally named as a town by

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on 1 September 1967 using a name suggested by the developer Alfred Grant Pty Ltd on 31 March 1960. The name is an Aboriginal word meaning ''southward''. It was gazetted as a suburb and bounded on 8 July 1989.

Demographics

In the , Wurtulla had a population of 5,905 people. In the , Wurtulla had a population of 6,254 people.

Education

There are no schools in Wurtulla. The nearest primary schools are Kawana Waters State College in neighbouring Bokarina to the north and Talara Primary College in neighbouring Currimundi to the south. The nearest secondary school is Kawana Waters State College in Bokarina.

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