Coolabine, Queensland

Coolabine is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Coolabine had a population of 76 people.

Geography

Coolabine is a locality in a valley surrounded by mountains to the north, east and south, a range that includes Mount Thilba Thalba and Connors Knob. It is locality is bounded on its west by Obi Obi Creek. Cooloobun Creek rises in the mountains to the south and then flows through the locality from east to west, joining Obi Obi Creek.
The land is freehold and rural residential in character.

History

The name Coolabine is an Aboriginal word meaning "place of koalas".
F.W. Goeths opened a sawmill in 1911. It was known as the Coolabine Sawmills.
Coolabine Provisional School opened in 1928. It became Coolabine State School with the opening of a new building in February 1930. It closed about 1956. It was at 268 Coolabine Road.

Demographics

In the, Coolabine with neighbouring Obi Obi and Kidaman Creek had a population of 427 people.
In the, Coolabine had a population of 71 people.
In the, Coolabine had a population of 76 people.

Education

There are no schools in Coolabine. The nearest government primary schools are Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring Kenilworth to the west and Mapleton State School in Mapleton to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Mary Valley State College, Burnside State High School in Burnside, Nambour, to the east and Maleny State High School in Maleny to the south.