Wootha Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Looking across Wootha towards the Glass House Mountains, circa 1931 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°47′15″S152°48′01″E / 26.7875°S 152.8002°E Coordinates: 26°47′15″S152°48′01″E / 26.7875°S 152.8002°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 201 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 12.48/km2 (32.33/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4552 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 16.1 km2 (6.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Sunshine Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Glass House | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Fisher | ||||||||||||||
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Wootha is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Wootha had a population of 201 people. [1]
The name Wootha comes from the Kabi language (Dallambara dialect) meaning red cedar tree. [2]
Blackall Range Provisional School opened about 1886, becoming Blackall Range State School on 1 October 1909. It was renamed Wootha State School in 1937. It closed in 1949. [3]
In the 2016 census Wootha had a population of 201 people. [1]
Despite its name, Maleny Botanic Gardens and Bird World is at 233 Maleny Stanley River Road in Wootha ( 26°46′48″S152°50′05″E / 26.7800°S 152.8346°E ). [4]
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