Landsborough, Queensland

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.

North Coast pioneers standing near Cobb & Co coach outside Landsborough Shire Chambers, which was then located on Landsborough Maleny Road
Landsborough School of Arts Memorial Hall, 2008