Conondale, Queensland

Conondale Queensland
Conondale General store
Conondale
Coordinates	26.7311°S 152.7183°E / -26.7311; 152.7183
Population	882 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	5.179/km^2 (13.414/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4552
Area	170.3 km^2 (65.8 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	114 km (71 mi) N of Brisbane 54 km (34 mi) W of Caloundra 20 km (12 mi) W of Maleny
LGA(s)	Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)	Glass House
Federal division(s)	Fisher
Localities around Conondale: Kenilworth Cambroon Curramore Jimna Conondale Elaman Creek Reesville Sandy Creek Booroobin Wootha Bellthorpe

Conondale is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Conondale had a population of 882 people.^[1]

Geography

The town is in the Sunshine Coast hinterland area. The town is located on the banks of the upper Mary River, 114 kilometres (71 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane.

History

On 6 October 1851, pastoralist Donald Tuach McKenzie took up a pastoral run, which he named Conondale after hist birthplace on the Conon River in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The town takes its name from the pastoral run.^[4][2]

In November 1906, a sub-division of the former Conondale Station, the Conondale Estate, described as 14,000 acres in one of the best agricultural and dairying districts in the Commonwealth, was advertised for sale. The auctioneers offered to forward an illustrated lithograph to any address.^[5][6] As a new departure in the sub-division of estates, a butter factory was built by the vendors as part of the sale. However, the butter factory never operated and the building was later demolished, with the timbers used for the construction of a house at Moffat Beach.^[7][8][9]

Conondale Provisional School and Flagstone Creek Provisional Schools opened in September 1912, both on a half-time basis, meaning that a single teacher was shared between the two schools. In 1913, Flagstone Creek Provisional School was renamed Conondale South Provisional School. In 1915, Conondale South Provisional School was closed and Conondale Provisional School continued with the teacher on a full-time basis. It experienced occasional closures due to lack of students or unavailability of a teacher. In 1933, it became Conondale State School.^[10]

In 1919, the Landsborough Shire Council decided to set aside 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land as a memorial park in Conondale,^[11] but later decided on a larger more convenient site,^[12] which was officially opened on 3 March 1928.^[13][14]

Conondale Post Office opened by 1949 (a receiving office or Telegraph office had been open from 1904) and closed in 1974.^[15]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the locality of Conondale had a population of 858 people.^[16]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Conondale had a population of 882 people.^[1]

Heritage listings

Conondale has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Conondale Timbers Sawmill, Aherns Road^[17]

Education

Conondale State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1700 Maleny-Kenilworth Road (26.7294°S 152.7186°E / -26.7294; 152.7186 (Conondale State School)).^[18][19] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 92 students with 10 teachers (6 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).^[20] It includes a special education program.^[18]

Amenities

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council operates a mobile library service which visits the school on Maleny-Kenilworth Road.^[21]

Despite the name, Conondale Memorial Recreation Park (but known locally at Green Park) is at 1156 Maleny Kenilworth Road, now within the present-day boundaries of neighbouring Elaman Creek. It features a motocross circuit used by the Sunshine Coast Motorcycle Club for both local and wider competitions.^[22]

Crystal Waters ecovillage

Conondale is home to the Crystal Waters ecovillage which provides accommodation for 200 residents. It was established formally in 1987 making it one of the first in Australia.^[23]

See also

• Conondale Range

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Conondale (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. "Conondale – town in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 40996)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
3. "Conondale – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 48575)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
4. "NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND—94". The Courier-mail. No. 744. Queensland, Australia. 17 January 1936. p. 12. Retrieved 28 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "The Conondale Estate". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXIII, no. 15, 251. Queensland, Australia. 28 November 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Conondale Estate" (1906) [Map]. Collections. State Library of Queensland.
7. Unknown (1926), Conondale Butter Factory,1926, retrieved 21 May 2019
8. Unknown (1918), Letter from Daniel Wienholt, Agent for Messrs McLean, to The Clerk, Shire Council Landsborough, Re: Butter Factory at Conondale, 16 July 1918, retrieved 21 May 2019
9. Unknown (1950), Beach House, Moffat Beach, 1950, retrieved 21 May 2019
10. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
11. "LANDSBOROUGH SHIRE COUNCIL". Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XV, no. 819. Queensland, Australia. 18 July 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
12. "Landsborough Shire Council". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XXIV, no. 1163. Queensland, Australia. 27 August 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 28 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
13. "Conondale Memorial Recreation Park". Monument Australia. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
14. "Conondale". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XXV, no. 1240. Queensland, Australia. 9 March 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 28 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
15. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
16. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Conondale (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
17. "Conondale Timbers Sawmill (entry 602689)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
18. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
19. "Conondale State School". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
20. "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
21. "Libraries: Mobile timetable". Sunshine Coast Regional Council. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
22. Optium Planning Group (November 2016). "Conondale Memorial Recreation Park Master Plan 2016 - 2031". Sunshine Coast Regional Council. pp. 2, 6. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
23. "The village people". Green Lifestyle. nextmedia. 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

External links

• "Conondale". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
• Town map of Conondale, 1983