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

It is a rural area, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the coast, with dairy farming as the major industry.

[5] Dalla (also known as Dalambara and Dallambara) is a language of the Upper Brisbane River catchment, notably the Conondale Range.

[6] The Mary River was known to the Aboriginals as the Numabulla and the name for the Kenilworth area being Hinka Booma.

[7] Richard Joseph Smith tendered to set up the first cattle run on the east bank of the Mary River in 1850.

At the time Mrs Smith was reading Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth and she decided to name the property after the novel.

[2] In 1877, 17,280 acres (6,990 ha) of land was resumed from the Kenilworth North pastoral run to be used as small farmers.

There was a ready market at the goldfields in Gympie but after the floods of 1893, 1895 and 1898 had wiped out their crops, most ventured into dairying and pig breeding.

In 1905, the Association was responsible for establishing a co-operative butter factory which opened in Caboolture in 1907.

It was opened by Archibishop James Duhig on Sunday 10 April 1938 on a piece of land donated by Mr C. Sharry on the top of a hill overlooking the town.

The nearest government secondary schools are Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in neighbouring Imbil to the north and Maleny State High School (to Year 12) in Maleny to the south-east.

[4] The Sunshine Coast Regional Council operates a public library at 4A Elizabeth Street.

Since 1875, the Homestead and out-buildings have continually been restored and extended, still keeping as much of its original structure as possible.

[citation needed] Other attractions include a cheese factory as well as walking, camping and 4-wheel driving in the Kenilworth State Forest.