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