Cootharaba, Queensland


Cootharaba is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the, Cootharaba had a population of 834 people.

Geography

forms part of the south-eastern boundary of Cootharaba.
A section of Tewantin National Park has been established in the southwest of Cootharaba.

History

It is named after the Aboriginal name for the lake, which referred to the place where wood could be found for making notched or studded clubs.
Cootharaba School opened circa 1875 and closed circa 1891.
Cootharaba Road Provisional School opened on 12 Feb 1894. On 7 June 1899 it became Cootharaba Road State School. It closed in 1965.
Cootharaba Lake State School opened on 23 August 1909. It closed in 1943.
Between 2008 and 2013 Cootharaba and the rest of Shire of Noossa was within the Sunshine Coast Region as a result of a forced amalgamation; however the decision was reversed and Shire of Noosa restored in 2014.
At the 2011 Australian Census Cootharaba and surrounding suburbs recorded a population of 791.