Landers Shoot, Queensland

Landers Shoot Queensland
Landers Shoot
Coordinates	26°42′54″S152°55′34″E / 26.715°S 152.9261°E / -26.715; 152.9261 (Landers Shoot (centre of locality))
Population	308 (2021 census) [1]
• Density	65.5/km2 (169.7/sq mi)
Established	1861
Postcode(s)	4555
Area	4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)	Glass House
Federal division(s)	Fisher
Suburbs around Landers Shoot: Montville Palmwoods Palmwoods Montville Landers Shoot Eudlo Montville Eudlo Eudlo

Landers Shoot is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. ^[2] In the 2021 census, Landers Shoot had a population of 308 people. ^[1]

Geography

Landers Shoot is in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

History

Edmund Lander leased the area known as the Mooloolah Back Plain from the Queensland Government in 1861. ^{[3] [4]} He, along with other pioneers, harvested the timber along the Blackall Range. When the timber was harvested, the bark was stripped, making them slippery from the sap and a sharp point was made on one end of the tree. The tree was then pushed over the eastern side of the cliff down "chutes" (to be collected at the bottom, and transported to the nearest mills). ^{[5] [6]} Landers Shoot (a corruption of Lander's Chute) was the base region where the logs arrived at the base of the cliff. ^[2]

Lander's Shoot State School opened on 17 February 1914 and closed on 31 December 1944. ^[7] It was at approx 471 Upper Landershute Road ( 26°43′15″S152°55′03″E / 26.7207°S 152.9176°E / -26.7207; 152.9176 (Lander's Shoot State School (former)) ). ^{[8] [9]}

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Landers Shoot had a population of 252 people. ^[10]

In the 2021 census, Landers Shoot had a population of 308 people. ^[1]

Education

There are no schools in Landers Shoot. The nearest government primary schools are Eudlo State School in neighbouring Eudlo to the south-east and Montville State School in neighbouring Montville to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Nambour State College in Nambour to the north. ^[9]

Facilities

Despite the name, Landers Shute Advanced Water Treatment Plant is a sewage treatment plant in neighbouring Montville, but is adjacent to the locality boundary with the Landers Shute. ^[11]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Landers Shoot (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. "Landers Shoot – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 49432)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
3. "History of the "Rocks"" (PDF). Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
4. Slade, Carolyn (2010). Take a Walk Around Palmwoods. Nambour, Qld: Genealogy Sunshine Coast. p. 16. ISBN   9780980353846.
5. Tutt, Stan (1994). Sunshine Coast Heritage. Maroochydore, Qld: Discovery Press. ISBN   0646143093.
6. Adams, R.J.L. (2004). Noosa Horizons. Broadwater, Qld: Ultreya. p. 77. ISBN   0975200607.
7. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
8. "Nambour" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
9. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 23 June 2022.
10. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Landers Shoot (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
11. "Landmark Areas – Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.