Mooloolaba

As part of the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk yesterday, I joined the Mooloolaba Walk on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

We met under the Square Arch at the top of Beach Terrace and started the walk at 4pm, meandering along the sea front to the Wharf.

Lieutenant Heath surveyed and chartered the Mooloolah River mouth and harbour in 1861. By 1864, the first land was purchased at the mouth of the Mooloolah River by William Pettigrew. Pettigrew dominated the timber trade in the Maroochy District for the next thirty years...Mooloolah Heads was the gateway to the Maroochy District between 1870 to 1884. Due to the protection Point Cartwright offered, the port was preferred over the Maroochy River. Pettigrew's steamers 'Tarshaw,' 'Tadorna Radjah' and 'Gneering' operated along both rivers. The steamers carried produce, passengers and timber between Mooloolaba and Brisbane...By the year 1919, Mooloolah Heads industry had grown to include fishing and fruit growing. Thomas O'Connor bought Pettigrew's land from Sylvester Murphy and surveyed the first allotments of what was to become Mooloolaba. On 1 January 1921, the first sale of allotments was held. These extended along the river frontage from the surf beach to Tucker Creek.

It was then that the name Mooloolaba was embraced to distinguish between this developing area and the Mooloolah township on the railway.
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