Pomona, Queensland
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Pomona Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
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Pomona Hotel
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 Pomona
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| Coordinates | 26°21′45″S 152°51′23″E / 26.36250°S 152.85639°ECoordinates: 26°21′45″S 152°51′23″E / 26.36250°S 152.85639°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 2,587 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1890 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4568 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 30 km (19 mi) W of Noosa Heads | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Noosa | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||
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Pomona is a town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Pomona had a population of 2,587 people.
Pomona lies 140 kilometres north of Brisbane, and approximately 30 minutes driving time from the sea at Noosa Heads. It is located at the base of Mount Cooroora (439 meters) at the northern end of the Sunshine Coast. It is within the local government area of Shire of Noosa (between 2008 and 2013 it was within Sunshine Coast Region).
Pomona is bounded to the south by the Bruce Highway and along most of its northern boundary by Six Mile Creek. The North Coast railway line passes through the locality from the south-east to the north-west, with the town served by the Pomona railway station. The central urban area of Pomona sits adjacent to Tuchekoi National Park and is surrounded by rural residential land and small farms, mostly to the north. The rest of the locality remains heavily treed, a legacy of days past when the town once was a center of forestry activities.
Pomona is a lifestyle town, the historic heart of the Noosa Biosphere recognised by the United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2007 as a World Biosphere Reserve. These reserves are learning communities that cultivate harmony between people and nature in support of conservation and sustainable development.
The town was originally called Pinbarren Siding and was renamed Pomona in 1900, after the Roman goddess of fruit and orchards.
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