Cooroy Mountain, Queensland

Cooroy Mountain is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Cooroy Mountain had a population of 136 people.[1]

Cooroy Mountain is a suburb of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.

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History
Traditional owners
References

History

Cooroy Mountain's name came from Mount Cooroy, which was originally called Coorooey, from the Aboriginal word for possum, kurui.[3]

Kuri'bigil'ba is the name of Cooroy Mountain in the dialect of the Kabi speaking aboriginal peoples of this area. It means the place where the Sun God came down to Dha (Earth). It is believed the mountain turned yellow once a year due to the flowering of an unknown tree.[4] Most likely due to the endemic silky oak tree (Grevillea robusta) which has glabrous yellowish orange flowers from around September to November.

Between 2008 and 2013, Cooroy Mountain was within Sunshine Coast Region, due to an enforced amalgamation of local government areas that was subsequently reversed.

Traditional owners

The Kabi Kabi people and language group are not extinct although they may no longer be present in the local area of Cooroy mountain as a result of having been moved out of the area as a result of government policies in the past.[5][6]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooroy Mountain (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Cooroy Mountain – locality in Shire of Noosa (entry 48585)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. South East Queensland - Place NamesArchived 22 June 2005 at the Wayback Machine 16 December 2006
  4. Tales of a Warrior series of books by Brett Green, Gympie
  5. "Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi)". gubbigubbi.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.