Wurtulla, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Wurtulla
City:Kawana Waters
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.7555°N 153.1266°W
Pop:6254
Postcode:4575
Area:3.4
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:7.1
Dir1:S
Location1:Kawana Waters
Dist2:6.5
Dir2:N
Location2:Caloundra
Dist3:14.4
Dir3:S
Location3:Maroochydore
Dist4:97.3
Dir4:NNE
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Sunshine Coast Region
County:Canning
Parish:Bribie
Stategov:Kawana
Fedgov:Fisher
Near-N:Bokarina
Near-Ne:Coral Sea
Near-E:Coral Sea
Near-Se:Coral Sea
Near-S:Currimundi
Near-Sw:Currimundi
Near-W:Birtinya
Near-Nw:Birtinya

Wurtulla is a coastal suburb of Kawana Waters in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Wurtulla had a population of 6,254 people.

Geography

Wurtulla is located within the Kawana Waters urban centre.

Wurtulla is bounded by the Coral Sea to the east, Currimundi Creek (also known as Currimundi Lake) to the south, Pangali Canal and Lake Kawana to the west and Lake Kawana Boulevarde and Wurley Drive to the north.

The Nicklin Way passes through the suburb from north (Bokarina) to south (Currimundi).

Currimundi Lake (Kathleen McArthur) Conservation Park is a protected area in the south-east of the locality of natural bushland, predominantly the wallum heath that was once commonplace in the coastal areas of South-East Queensland.[2]

History

Wurtulla was originally named as a town by Queensland Place Names Board on 1 September 1967 using a name suggested by the developer Alfred Grant Pty Ltd on 31 March 1960. The name is an Aboriginal word meaning southward. It was gazetted as a suburb and bounded on 8 July 1989.

Demographics

In the, Wurtulla had a population of 5,905 people.

In the, Wurtulla had a population of 6,254 people.

Education

There are no schools in Wurtulla. The nearest primary schools are Kawana Waters State College in neighbouring Bokarina to the north and Talara Primary College in neighbouring Currimundi to the south. The nearest secondary school is Kawana Waters State College in Bokarina.

External links

Notes and References

  1. 19 September 2020.
  2. Web site: 2009-10-21. Currimundi Lake (Kathleen McArthur) Conservation Park. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201013094028/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/currimundi. 13 October 2020. 2020-10-13. Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. en-AU.