North Arm, Queensland

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North Arm
Sunshine Coast,  Queensland
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North Arm
Coordinates 26°30′56″S152°57′16″E / 26.5155°S 152.9544°E / -26.5155; 152.9544 (North Arm (town centre))
Population734 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density32.33/km2 (83.75/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4561
Area22.7 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s) Fairfax
Localities around North Arm:
Eerwah Vale Eumundi Verrierdale
Bridges North Arm Yandina Creek
Bridges Ninderry Valdora

North Arm is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, the locality of North Arm had a population of 734 people. [1]

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Geography

North Arm railway station, circa 1925 North Arm railway station, circa 1925.jpg
North Arm railway station, circa 1925

North Arm is in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. It takes its name from the North Maroochy River which flows through it. [4]

The Bruce Highway passes through the locality and town from south to north. The North Coast railway line runs beside and east of the highway with the town being served by North Arm railway station ( 26°31′06″S152°57′18″E / 26.5184°S 152.9551°E / -26.5184; 152.9551 (North Arm railway station) ). [4] [5]

Gneering is a neighbourhood in the south-west of the locality ( 26°31′00″S152°56′00″E / 26.5166°S 152.9333°E / -26.5166; 152.9333 (Gneering (neighbourhood)) ). [6]

History

Bullockies standing near bullock carts carrying logs in North Arm, circa 1920 Bullockies standing near bullock carts carrying logs in North Arm, ca. 192017Bullockies (7436955234).jpg
Bullockies standing near bullock carts carrying logs in North Arm, circa 1920

The name North Arm refers to the district's proximity to the northern branch of the Maroochy River. [2]

Canando Cattle Run, which included North Arm, was opened up in 1868 to selectors with some of the land being set aside for timber reserves around Mount Ninderry.[ citation needed ]

Fairhill Provisional School opened on 27 July 1885. On 1 January 1909, it became Fairhill State School. In October 1915, it was renamed North Arm State School. [7] [8]

In 1886, Friedrich Goethe planted the first sugarcane in North Arm. At that time, there was no mill for crushing sugarcane, which became an agricultural industry for the next hundred years.[ citation needed ]

In 1914, the North Arm Hall opened and remained a hub of community social life for 40 years, until it was destroyed by a cyclone in 1954 and was later rebuilt.

Brown's Creek State School opened on 29 January 1918 and closed on 23 August 1936. [7] This school was located on the south side of King Creek near its junction with Browns Creek, in the locality currently called Eerwah Vale.

Golden Valley State School opened on 27 August 1918. On 1 July 1940 it was renamed Valdora State School. In 1949 the school building was moved and renamed Yandina Creek State School. It closed on 7 August 1964. [7]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the locality of North Arm had a population of 657 people. [9]

In the 2021 census, the locality of North Arm had a population of 734 people. [1]

Education

North Arm State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at the corner of Fairhill Road and Yandina Creek Road ( 26°31′24″S152°57′57″E / 26.5232°S 152.9657°E / -26.5232; 152.9657 (North Arm State School) ). [10] [11] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 351 students with 30 teachers (24 full-time equivalent) and 23 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent). [12]

There are no secondary schools in North Arm. The nearest government secondary schools are Nambour State College in Nambour to the south and Noosa District State High School which has its junior campus in Pomona and its senior campus in Cooroy, both to the north-west. [13]

Amenities

North Arm has a forest reserve on the outskirts of town.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "North Arm (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "North Arm – town in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 24574)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "North Arm – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 49232)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Railway stations and sidings – Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Gneering – locality unbounded in Sunshine Coast Regional (entry 14079)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "History". North Arm State School. 9 March 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "North Arm (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  10. ↑ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "North Arm State School". North Arm State School. 15 October 2021. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government . Retrieved 13 August 2025.

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