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Thematic History of the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Heritage Study Sunshine Coast Council August 2020 Thematic History of the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Heritage Study Sunshine Coast Council August 2020 Converge Heritage + Community Contact details are: Simon Gall Converge Heritage + Community ABN:71 366 535 889 GPO Box 1700, Brisbane, 4001 Tel: (07) 3211 9522 Email: [email protected] Copyright © 2018 Document Verification Project Sunshine Coast Heritage Study Project Number 16031C Document Title Thematic History of the Sunshine Coast FINAL_14-02-2018 File Location Share Point Client Sunshine Coast Council Version history Revision Date Nature of revision Prepared by Authorised by 0 15/02/2016 Draft report BR, CB CB 1 14/02/2018 Final report CB - 2 Thematic History of the Sunshine Coast | 2 Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.1 Project Background ....................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Purpose of this report ................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Methodology ................................................................................................................................. 8 1.4 Sources .......................................................................................................................................... 9 1.5 Aboriginal cultural heritage and scope of document .....................Error! Bookmark not defined. 1.6 Authorship ..................................................................................................................................... 9 1.7 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... 9 2 Thematic History of the Sunshine Coast ............................................................................. 10 2.1 Peopling places ............................................................................................................................ 10 2.2 Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land ............................................................................ 11 2.3 Developing secondary and tertiary industries ............................................................................. 35 2.4 Working ....................................................................................................................................... 60 2.5 Moving goods, people and information ...................................................................................... 61 2.6 Building settlements, towns, cities and dwellings ....................................................................... 66 2.7 Maintaining order ...................................................................................................................... 104 2.8 Creating social and cultural institutions .................................................................................... 111 2.9 Educating Queenslanders .......................................................................................................... 113 2.10 Providing health and welfare services ................................................................................... 114 3 Bibliography .................................................................................................................... 116 Thematic History of the Sunshine Coast | 3 List of Figures Figure 1: Children playing in the grounds of Witta State School, 1929 (Sunshine Coast Library) .......... 11 Figure 2: Maleny Sawmill 1894 (John Oxley Library) ............................................................................. 15 Figure 3: Saw pit in Maleny area c1910 (Sunshine Coast Library) ......................................................... 16 Figure 4: Beerwah pine seedlings, 1932 (John Oxley Library) ................................................................ 19 Figure 5: Beerwah plantations, 1932 (John Oxley Library) .................................................................... 20 Figure 6: Buderim Mountain showing Fielding's orange, banana and coffee plantation 1907 ............. 23 Figure 7: Coffee plantation at Buderim c1930 (Queensland State Archives) ......................................... 24 Figure 8: Petty Sessions Districts in the North Coast Region (undated, Queensland State Archives).. 25 Figure 9: Packing pineapples in grower’s shed, 1905 (Sunshine Coast Library) ..................................... 27 Figure 10: Banana plantation near Buderim, 1920 (Sunshine Coast Library) ........................................ 27 Figure 11: Orange grove in the Blackall Ranges, no date ....................................................................... 28 Figure 12: Harvesting strawberries at Mapleton, no date (Sunshine Coast Library) ............................. 28 Figure 13: Buderim Mountain Sugar Company Mill workers (Sunshine Coast Library) ......................... 32 Figure 14: G Burrows carting sugarcane at Yandina c1928 (Sunshine Coast Library) ............................ 33 Figure 15: Entrance to Kondalilla Falls National Park, 1964 (Sunshine Coast Library) ........................... 34 Figure 16: A Dairy at Palmwoods, c1905 (John Oxley Library) ............................................................... 37 Figure 17: Dixon's dairy c1897 (Queensland State Archives) ................................................................. 37 Figure 18: Kraft Foods factory in Kenilworth (Sunshine Coast Library) .................................................. 40 Figure 19: Maleny Butter Factories, 1940s (John Oxley Library)............................................................ 41 Figure 20: Boy possibly working butter at Maleny cooperative dairy company, no date ...................... 41 Figure 21: 1871 Road map of the North Coast (QSA). To view larger image see Appendix 3 ................ 42 Figure 22: William Grigor's Bankfoot House, a typical coach stop c1868 (Sunshine Coast Library) ...... 46 Figure 23: Robert Bulcock's house 'The Homestead' c1882 (Sunshine Coast Library) ........................... 46 Figure 24: Passenger ferry SS Koopa at the jetty at Bribie Island 1912 (John Oxley Library) ................. 47 Figure 25: Ocean View Hotel Mapleton c1920 (Sunshine Coast Library) ............................................... 47 Figure 26: Tourist map of near North Coast, 1917 (Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau). To view larger image see Appendix 3 ...................................................................................... 48 Figure 27: Tourist map of near North Coast, 1927 (Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau). To view larger image see Appendix 3 ...................................................................................... 48 Figure 28: Buderim tram terminus showing Brisbane day trippers c1920 (Sunshine Coast Library). .. 50 Figure 29: Passengers on the Mapleton Tramway 1912 (Sunshine Coast Library) ................................ 50 Figure 30: Road at Alexandra Headlands, 1920s (Sunshine Coast Library) ............................................ 52 Figure 31: Bulcock Beach Estate Caloundra 1917 (QSA) ........................................................................ 53 Figure 32: Sunshine Coast road map pre 1939 (QSA Amoco Map). To view larger image see Appendix 3. ............................................................................................................................................................ 54 Thematic History of the Sunshine Coast | 4 Figure 33: View from Lows Lookout north to Peregian and Sunshine Beach, c1960 (Centre for the Government of Queensland) ................................................................................................................. 55 Figure 34: Surfing at Alexandra Headlands, c1958 (Centre for the Government of Queensland) ......... 56 Figure 35: Boolarong Drive-In Espresso on the Esplanade at Alexandra Headlands, c1958 (Centre for the Government of Queensland) ................................................................................................................ 57 Figure 36: Mooloolaba foreshore, 1968 (Picture Sunshine Coast) ........................................................ 57 Figure 37: Mooloolaba Esplanade c1945 (Sunshine Coast Library) ....................................................... 59 Figure 38: View from the Caloundra lighthouse 1952 (John Oxley Library) ........................................... 59 Figure 39: Big Pineapple at Woombye, 1985 (Sunshine Coast Library) ................................................. 60 Figure 40: South Sea Islander group at Buderim cemetery 1902 (Sunshine Coast Library) ................... 61 Figure 41: David Low Bridge under construction at Bli Bli, January 1958 (Sunshine Coast Library) ...... 63 Figure 42: David Low Way, procession of cars at the opening of the Coolum to Peregian Beach section, 13 May 1961 (Sunshine Coast Library) .................................................................................................. 63 Figure 43: Main Street of Beerwah c1916 (Sunshine Coast Library) ...................................................... 68 Figure 44: Beerwah Hotel c1920 (Sunshine Coast Library) .................................................................... 68 Figure 45: Eudlo Railway Station c1925 (Sunshine Coast Library) ......................................................... 69 Figure
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