Town histories

Named in honour of Queen Alexandra

The product of a volcanic extrusion

Named after "billai billai" - Aboriginal for swamp oak

Tom Petrie made the first official record of Buderim in 1862

The name Caloundra was derived from words in the Gubbi Gubbi dialect

Mount Coolum is a volcanic plug

The significance of Black Swan Park, Cotton Tree

The Doonan area was first settled in the late 1800s

Eudlo is of Aboriginal origin and means "fresh water eel"

Almost all of the Eumundi district was part of three cattle runs

The town, on the Mary River, is named after a cattle run

The name 'Maroochydore' was given to the area by Andrew Petrie

Originally the name 'Mooloolah Heads' was given to the area

Named after the local creek

The town was originally called Petrie's Creek

Derived from Aboriginal word "dhippi" or "jippi" meaning "birds"

Originally called Middle Camp, then Cobb's Camp

Originally called "Koongalba" (small water) by the Aboriginal people