Download coordinates as: Landsborough is a town and a locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Originally called Mellum Creek ("mellum" is an Aboriginal word for "volcano"), it dates from 1871 when Isaac Burgess erected a slab hut with bark roof as "port of call" for Cobb and Co coaches stopping for refreshments and a change of horses.
[16] In the past Landsborough was one of the larger towns of the Sunshine Coast having a large logging industry.
Advertisements for the September 1927 auction of land in the Landsborough Township Estate emphasized the prosperity and fast-growing nature of the town.
[12] Landsborough Peace Memorial Park was opened in 1922 to contribute to the end of World War I.
The Landsborough School of Arts Memorial Hall was celebrated with a stump capping ceremony on 24 November 1923 involving Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Murrumba, Richard Warren.
[20] St John's Anglican Church was dedicated on 13 October 1956 by Archbishop Reginald Halse.
There is a museum located in the former Landsborough Shire Council Chambers which contains a large number of historical artefacts from the local area.
[citation needed] The Landsborough railway station provides access to Brisbane, Nambour and Gympie via train and is the major bus transport hub for the coastal regions of the Sunshine Coast.