Tinbeerwah Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 26°24′24″S 152°58′34″E / 26.4066°S 152.9761°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,160 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4563 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Shire of Noosa | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Noosa | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Tinbeerwah is a semi-rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,160 people.[3]
The Cooroy-Noosa Road runs through from west (Lake Macdonald) to east (Tewantin).[4]
Mount Tinbeerwah is in the north of locality (26°23′25″S 152°58′31″E / 26.3902°S 152.9752°E) rising 265 metres (869 ft) above sea level.[5][6]
The north of the locality is within the Tewantin National Park.[7]
The name Tinbeerwah is Aboriginal for "place of grasstrees" or "high hill climbing up".[8][9]
Tinbeerwah Provisional School opened on 2 September 1914. On 1 September 1916, it became Tinbeerwah State School. It closed on 9 August 1963.[10]
In 1987, 12-year-old Noosa schoolgirl Sian Kingi was raped and murdered in Tinbeerwah after being abducted from Noosa Heads.[11][12]
Between 2008 and 2013, Tinbeerwah (and the rest of the Shire of Noosa) was within Sunshine Coast Region but the Shire of Noosa was re-established in 2014.[13][14]
In the 2011 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,262.[15]
In the 2016 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 974 people.[16]
In the 2021 census, Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,160 people.[3]
There are no schools in Tinbeerwah. The nearest government primary schools are:[7]
The nearest government secondary school is Noosa District State High School which has its junior campus in Pomona to the north-west and its senior campus in Cooroy to the south-west.[7]