Cooran, Queensland

Cooran is a rural hinterland town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census the locality of Cooran had a population of 1,624 people.[1]

Cooran
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Cooran Memorial School of Arts
Cooran
Coordinates26.3352°S 152.8230°E / -26.3352; 152.8230 (Cooran (town centre))
Population1,624 (2016 census locality)[1]
 • Density42.85/km2 (110.98/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4569
Area37.9 km2 (14.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Noosa
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)Wide Bay
Localities around Cooran:
Mothar Mountain Kin Kin Pinbarren
Traveston Coles Creek Cooran Pomona
Tuckekoi Federal Pomona

Geography
Looking towards Cooran from Pinbarren, circa 1931

Cooran is predominantly farming land with its urban centre in the north of the locality. Pinbarren Creek and Six Mile Creek flow from east to west through the northern part of the locality, while Coles Creek flows from east to west through the southern part of the locality. All the creeks flow into the Mary River.[4]

The Bruce Highway passes through the south-west corner of the locality but does not pass through the town. The major routes to the town are Traveston Road (from the north-west), Coles Creek Road from the south-west and Greenridge-Pinbarren Road from the east.[4]

The North Coast railway line passes through the town and northern part of the locality, to the north of Traveston Road. Cooran is served by the Cooran railway station in the centre of the town.[4]

Mount Cooran is a very distinctive peak in the landscape (26°22′13″S 152°48′43″E).[5]

History
Railway Station at Cooran Queensland with Mount Cooran in the background, ca. 1926

The name Cooran comes from guran or kuran, meaning tall in the Kabi language.[2][3] This might refer to Mount Cooran or to the tall Moreton Bay Ash trees (Eucalyptus tessellaris).[6]

Cooran Post Office opened on 17 June 1889 (a receiving office had been open from 1888).[7]

The Cooran Provisional School opened on 21 July 1890.[8] It became Cooran State School in 1909.[9]

St Matthew's Anglican Church was dedicated on 30 September 1913 by Archbishop St Clair Donaldson.[10] It closed circa 1987.[11]

In the 1920s and 30s, banana growing became an important industry around the town.[12] For a period after World War II pineapple farms gained popularity in the district.[12] Between 2008 and 2013 Cooran (and all of Noosa Shire) was within Sunshine Coast Region.

In the 2011 census, Cooran had a population of 1,457 people.[13]

In the 2016 census the locality of Cooran had a population of 1,624 people.[1]

Heritage listings

Cooran has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

Cooran State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 31 James Street (26.3406°S 152.8241°E / -26.3406; 152.8241 (Cooran State School)).[15][16] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 134 students with 15 teachers (9 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).[17]

There is no secondary school in Cooran. The nearest secondary school is Noosa District State High School. It has a campus offering schooling to Year 8 in neighouring Pomona to the east with schooling to Year 12 available at its campus in Cooroy to the south-east.[4]

Amenities

The Shire of Noosa operates a mobile library service on a weekly schedule in King Street.[18]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooran (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Cooran – town in Shire of Noosa (entry 8293)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. "Cooran – locality in Shire of Noosa (entry 49646)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. "Mount Cooran (entry 8296)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  6. "TITLE". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  8. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  9. "Agency ID 5124, Cooran State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  10. "RELIGIOUS". The Brisbane Courier (17, 387). Queensland, Australia. 4 October 1913. p. 5. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. "Closed Churches". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  12. Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. p. 148. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
  13. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Cooran (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  14. "Alfredson's Joinery, Pre-Cut House Workshop and Sawmill (former) (entry 602690)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  15. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  16. "Cooran State School". Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  17. "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  18. "Noosa Mobile Library - Mobile Stops - Noosa Mobile Hours". Shire of Noosa. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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