Beerburrum, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Beerburrum is a rural town and coastal locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the locality approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of the town.

The mountain has complex rainforest, with some endangered plant species such as Tindal's stringybark (Eucalyptus tindaliae), Pink bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia) and Smooth-barked apple (Angophora leiocarpa).

Scribbly gum (Eucalyptus racemosa) is locally predominant in places, with the largest tract retained on Mount Beerburrum.

The mountain is a dome-shaped rock surrounded by eucalypt open forest, as well as complex rainforest, although the area is not extensive.

This shrub is widespread in Victoria and New South Wales, but rare in Queensland, and the Mount Tiberoocwuccum population is the most northerly known.

[2] On 26 July 1799, Matthew Flinders and two sailors from the ship Norfolk climbed Mount Beerburrum accompanied by Aboriginal man Bongaree from Sydney.

[13] Thomas Martin Tripcony was one of the first European settlers to settle along the Pumicestone Passage (which separates the mainland from Bribie Island).

[26][22] In 1920, a memorial avenue of trees (camphor laurels and weeping figs) was planted in the town's main street to commemorate those who had served in World War I.

[28] A School of Arts hall was established circa 1920 in Anzac Avenue and remains one of the few buildings that survive from the settlement.

[32][33] The building was originally built as a chapel at the Enoggera army barracks during World War I by the Soldiers' Church of England Help Society.

It was officially closed in August 1931, after which the church was moved to Maleny, where it was dedicated to St George on 6 September 1931 by Archbishop Sharp.

[33] After World War II, pine plantations were developed in the area as state forests creating a local forestry industry.

[44] The Sunshine Coast Regional Council operates a mobile library service which visits the school on Beerburrum Road.

Looking towards the railway station, Beerburrum, 1916
Soldiers farm, Beerburrum, 1918
Beerburrum State School, 1918