Perwillowen, Queensland

Perwillowen Queensland
Perwillowen
Coordinates	26°38′09″S152°55′34″E / 26.6358°S 152.9261°E / -26.6358; 152.9261 Coordinates: 26°38′09″S152°55′34″E / 26.6358°S 152.9261°E / -26.6358; 152.9261
Population	221 (2016 census) [1]
• Density	61.4/km2 (159.0/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4560
Area	3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC)
LGA(s)	Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)	Nicklin
Federal Division(s)	Fairfax
Suburbs around Perwillowen: Kureelpa Burnside Burnside Dulong Perwillowen Burnside Dulong Towen Mountain Coes Creek

Perwillowen is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. ^[2] In the 2016 census, Perwillowen had a population of 221 people. ^[1]

History

The name Perwillowen is reportedly an Aboriginal name for pigeons . It has had many variant spellings over the years including Pillywillman, Pillawillamon, Pillewilliman and Perwillowan. ^[2]

Perwillowen Provisional School opened on 15 May 1916, becoming Perwillowen State School about 1923. It closed in October 1930 due to low student numbers but reopened on 13 July 1932. It finally closed in 1959. ^[3]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Perwillowen (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
2. "Perwillowen – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 48839)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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

Further reading

• Want, Barbara; Heaton, Daphne (1992), The Burnside-Perwillowen story & the history of Perwillowen Creek Provisional and State School, Maroochy Shire Council, ISBN   978-0-646-08791-7