Beerburrum, Queensland
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Beerburrum is a small town in South-East Queensland, Australia
. It is located close to the Glass House Mountains 60 km north of the state capital, Brisbane
, in the Sunshine Coast local government area. The name is derived from that of a nearby mountain, Mount Beerburrum: in the language of the Indigenous Kabi
nation, bir means green parrot and burru mountain. At the 2006 census
, Beerburrum had a population of 287.
The village was bypassed by the Bruce Highway in the early 1970s, and that road was itself superseded by the current alignment in 1985.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is located close to the Glass House Mountains 60 km north of the state capital, Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, in the Sunshine Coast local government area. The name is derived from that of a nearby mountain, Mount Beerburrum: in the language of the Indigenous Kabi
Kabi
The Kabi people are an Aboriginal Goori people of Australia, and corresponding language group of the South East Queensland coast, stretching from Brisbane up to Bundaberg. In their language, "Kabi" means "No"....
nation, bir means green parrot and burru mountain. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Beerburrum had a population of 287.
The village was bypassed by the Bruce Highway in the early 1970s, and that road was itself superseded by the current alignment in 1985.