31-486: Download coordinates as: Eumundi is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region , Queensland , Australia. Eumundi is very popular on the coast for its bi-weekly farmers' markets. In the 2021 census , the locality of Eumundi had a population of 2,504 people. Eumundi is 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of Noosa Heads and 118 kilometres (73 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane . It
62-532: A child (he became an Anglican later in life). The church closed circa 1976 and the building sold and is now a private home. The church bell is now in the Eumundi Museum. On Thursday 14 June 1900, 17 choice farm blocks were advertised for auction by King and King Auctioneers. A map advertising the auction stated that Eumundi Estate was 1/4 mile from Eumundi Station and the Brisbane and Gympie Railway line ran through
93-785: A gym. There are also tennis courts on the site operated by the Eumundi Tennis Club. Eumundi Showgrounds is at 1 Black Stump Road ( 26°28′18″S 152°56′32″E / 26.4718°S 152.9422°E / -26.4718; 152.9422 ( Eumundi Showgrounds ) ). There is a child care centre at 4 Napier Street ( 26°28′29″S 152°57′05″E / 26.4746°S 152.9514°E / -26.4746; 152.9514 ( day care centre ) ). The Eumundi Markets are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 80 Memorial Drive ( 26°28′35″S 152°57′08″E / 26.4765°S 152.9523°E / -26.4765; 152.9523 ( Eumundi Markets ) ). The markets have
124-585: A philosophy of "locally made". The Eumundi Agricultural Show is normally held in September each year, but has not been held during the COVID-19 pandemic . Eumundi Brewery at the Imperial Hotel at 1 Etheridge Street ( 26°28′33″S 152°57′03″E / 26.4759°S 152.9508°E / -26.4759; 152.9508 ( Eumundi Brewery ) ) offers tours of the brewery. However, during 2020 and 2021,
155-673: A preference of those with religious beliefs to attend larger services in other towns, such as the Hillsong Church in Noosa Heads . In 2020, the town's rugby union club fielded a senior team for the first time in about 100 years. Today Eumundi is a historic hinterland town. It earns the title as the Creative Centre of the Sunshine Coast for its vibrant artisan heritage. Eumundi has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: In
186-710: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
217-678: Is at 632 Bunya Road ( 26°29′29″S 152°56′23″E / 26.4913°S 152.9397°E / -26.4913; 152.9397 ( Eumundi Cemetery ) ). It is managed by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council . The Sunshine Coast Regional Council operates a mobile library service which visits Memorial Drive across from the School of Arts ( 26°28′41″S 152°57′12″E / 26.4780°S 152.9533°E / -26.4780; 152.9533 ( Mobile library stop ) ) on Tuesday afternoons. The Eumundi branch of
248-564: Is located just off the Bruce Highway . Nearby towns are Yandina and Cooroy . The Eumundi-Noosa Road starts at the Bruce Highway and exits to the east. Town blocks were surveyed and divided in 1890. The town's name is believed to come from the Kabi name Ngumundi, the name of a local Indigenous clan leader, who was said to have adopted escaped convict Bracefield as his adopted son. Prior to 1890
279-631: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Crows ash Flindersia australis , commonly known as crow's ash , flindosy or Australian teak , is a species of tree that is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It has pinnate leaves with between five and thirteen egg-shaped to elliptical leaflets, white to cream-coloured flowers arranged in panicles on
310-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to
341-534: The 2011 census , the locality of Eumundi had a population of 1,924 pople. In the 2016 census the locality of Eumundi had a population of 2,221 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Eumundi had a population of 2,504 people with 47.8% males and 52.2% females. Eumundi State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 22 Caplick Way ( 26°28′23″S 152°57′08″E / 26.4730°S 152.9521°E / -26.4730; 152.9521 ( Eumundi State School ) ). In 2018,
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#1732854715210372-660: The Bruce Highway in links through the Eumundi-Noosa Road . Eumundi railway station on the Sunshine Coast railway line is served by interurban trains on Platform 1. Eumundi is served by TransLink Route 360 for bus routes connecting Nambour Station and Noosa Junction. Notable former residents include: Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality
403-519: The Queensland Country Women's Association meets at QCWA Hall at 78 Memorial Drive ( 26°28′36″S 152°57′09″E / 26.4768°S 152.9524°E / -26.4768; 152.9524 ( Eumundi CWA Hall ) ). The Eumundi Aquatic Centre is on Memorial Drive ( 26°28′57″S 152°57′13″E / 26.4825°S 152.9536°E / -26.4825; 152.9536 ( sports centre ) ). It has swimming pools and
434-683: The Queensland Country Women's Association was established on 9 November 1927. On 26 December 1929 their building was officially opened by Harry Walker , Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cooroora . St Andrew's Presbyterian Church at 123 Memorial Drive ( 26°28′23″S 152°56′51″E / 26.4731°S 152.9475°E / -26.4731; 152.9475 ( St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Eumundi Community Church) (former) ) ) opened in 1953. The Orana Nursery, operated in Eumundi from 1973 to 1991. It became
465-808: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
496-797: The back and part of the front. Flowering occurs from September to October and the fruit is a woody capsule 45–100 mm (1.8–3.9 in) long and studded with short, rough points. The seeds are 34–50 mm (1.3–2.0 in) long and winged. The genus Flindersia and F. australis were first formally described in 1814 by Robert Brown in Matthew Flinders ' sea voyage journal A Voyage to Terra Australis , from specimens collected near Broad Sound in September 1802. Crow's ash grows in rainforest and dry scrub from near Airlie Beach , inland as far as Carnarvon National Park and south to near Kempsey in New South Wales. Flindersia australis
527-481: The ceiling was of pine , and the roof was iron. In 1996, the now-closed Methodist Church was re-opened as the Eumundi Historical Museum. St George's Anglican Church at 15 Cook Street was dedicated on 21 July 1912 by Archbishop St Clair Donaldson . Its closure on 26 June 2005 was approved by Assistant Bishop Appleby. The property was sold and the church is now a private residence. The Eumundi branch of
558-528: The ends of branchlets and followed by woody capsules studded with short, rough points and containing winged seeds. Flindersia australis is a tree that typically grows to a height of 40 m (130 ft), larger trees usually having a buttressed trunk. The leaves are usually arranged alternately and are crowded near the ends of the branchlets. The leaves usually have between five and nine elliptical to egg-shaped leaflets that are 24–130 mm (0.94–5.12 in) long and 8–43 mm (0.31–1.69 in) wide,
589-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
620-442: The immediate north-west. Eumundi Police Station is at 5 Napier Street ( 26°28′26″S 152°57′06″E / 26.4740°S 152.9516°E / -26.4740; 152.9516 ( Eumundi Police Station ) ). Eumundi Post Office is at 71 Memorial Drive ( 26°28′39″S 152°57′09″E / 26.4774°S 152.9525°E / -26.4774; 152.9525 ( Eumundi Post Office ) ). Eumundi Cemetery
651-456: The largest supplier of bougainvilleas in the Sunshine Coast region. Eumundi was bisected by the Bruce Highway until a bypass was built in 1976. On 24 March 1979, the first Eumundi Market was held at the CWA hall with 3 stalls, 8 visitors and $ 30 of sales. It grew to over 600 stalls and 1.6 million visitors each year. The original Eumundi Brewery was opened in the Imperial Hotel in 1988. The brewery
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#1732854715210682-541: The opening of the North Coast line ; it is now the site of the Eumundi Markets . The current Eumundi railway station ( 26°28′50″S 152°57′18″E / 26.4806°S 152.9550°E / -26.4806; 152.9550 ( Eumundi railway station ) ) opened in 1988 when a 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) deviation was built as part of the electrification of the North Coast line . St Ita's Catholic Church
713-601: The property. In 1906, at the Land Office in Brisbane, the Queensland Government auctioned 13 town lots in Eumundi, each of which was approximately 2 acres (0.81 ha). These were located in two groups, one near Etheridge Street and the other near Arundell Street. A town hall was completed in 1908 after a school of arts committee raised the funds. On Saturday 2 December 1911 the Eumundi Methodist Church
744-476: The school had an enrolment of 645 students with 46 teachers (40 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (16 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. There is no secondary school in Eumundi. The nearest secondary school is Noosa District State High School which operates on two campuses. Its junior campus is in Pomona to the north-west and its senior campus is in neighbouring Cooroy to
775-458: The side leaflets on a petiolule up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long and the end leaflet on a petiolule sessile or on a petiolule up to 32 mm (1.3 in) long. The flowers are arranged in panicles 50–150 mm (2.0–5.9 in) long and usually include a few male-only flowers. The five sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and the five petals are white to cream-coloured, 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long and densely hairy on
806-410: The south-west. Bi-Centennial Lookout at the end of Panorama Drive ( 26°27′19″S 152°58′44″E / 26.4553°S 152.9788°E / -26.4553; 152.9788 ( Bi-Centennial Lookout ) ) on the boundary with Doonan has 360-degree panoramic views. Eumundi is proud of its late 19th-century history, with fewer old buildings. Eumundi is located off the exit 224 section of
837-538: The tours have been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic . As at February 2021, the Eumundi Museum at 73 Memorial Drive ( 26°28′38″S 152°57′08″E / 26.4772°S 152.9522°E / -26.4772; 152.9522 ( Eumundi Museum ) ) is closed for refurbishment expected to re-open in late 2021. Ball Lookout at 224 Eumundi Range Road ( 26°27′17″S 152°57′27″E / 26.4546°S 152.9575°E / -26.4546; 152.9575 ( Ball Lookout ) ) has panoramic views to
868-412: The town was called Eerwah after Mount Eerwah ; this was changed to avoid confusion with the nearby town of Beerwah . The original Eumundi railway station opened in 1891 on Gympie Road (now Memorial Drive) opposite Gridley Street ( 26°28′37″S 152°57′10″E / 26.4770°S 152.9529°E / -26.4770; 152.9529 ( Former Eumundi railway station site ) ) as part of
899-542: Was closed in the late 1990s, but was rebuilt on its original site in the Imperial Hotel in 2017. In September 2019, the Eumundi Community Church (formerly the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church) closed, leaving the town without any active churches. The closure was due to declining attendance which was attributed to decreasing religious beliefs (in the 2016 census 43% of Eumundi residents said they had "no religion") and
930-510: Was officially opened by Reverend Henry Youngman , President of the Methodist Church of Australia . The church at 73 Memorial Drive ( 26°28′38″S 152°57′08″E / 26.4772°S 152.9521°E / -26.4772; 152.9521 ( Eumundi Museum (former Methodist Church) ) ) was built by Francis Gustavus Hill and was 33 by 25 feet (10.1 by 7.6 m). The external walls were double-dressed crows ash chamferboard ,
961-506: Was originally built circa 1896 on a hilltop on the corner of Gridley Street and Crescent Street overlooking the town. A church bell was installed in 1912. In 1934 it was relocated closer to the town centre at 129 Memorial Drive ( 26°28′23″S 152°56′51″E / 26.4730°S 152.9474°E / -26.4730; 152.9474 ( St Ita's Catholic Church (former) ) ). Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd attended this church as