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Parrearra, Queensland

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Parrearra
city	Sunshine Coast
state	qld
image	AUS Kawana Waters, Parrearra, Church of Jesus of the Latter-day Saints 006.jpg
caption	The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, 2023
coordinates
pop	4661
pop_year
pop_footnotes
established	1967
postcode	4575
area	2.5
timezone	AEST
utc	+10:00
lga	Sunshine Coast Region
county	Canning
parish	Mooloolah
stategov	Kawana
fedgov	Fisher
dist1	11.0
dir1	SSE
location1	Maroochydore
dist2	12.9
dir2	N
location2	Caloundra
dist3	96.3
dir3	N
location3	Brisbane
near-n	Minyama
near-ne	Buddina
near-e	Warana
near-se	Warana
near-s	Warana
near-sw	Sippy Downs
near-w	Mountain Creek
near-nw	Mooloolaba

Parrearra is located within the Kawana Waters urban area and is informally referred to as Kawana Island.

Geography

The suburb is bounded to the west by the Mooloolah River, to the north by Nicklin Way, to the north-east by the Parrearra Canal, to the south-east and south by the Wyuna Canal, making the suburb an island. The canals combined are unofficially known as Parrearra Lake. The primary purpose of the canals together with the associated locks and weirs is for flood mitigation in the Kawana Waters area, while recreational use of the waterways is a secondary purpose.

Access to the island suburb is principally via Kawana Way which enters the suburb from the east (Mountain Creek / Sippy Downs) crossing the Mooloola River and exits the suburb to the south via a bridge over the Wyuna Canal (Warana). Kawana Island Boulevard connects Kawana Way and exits the suburb to the east crossing a bridge over Wyuna Canal to Warana.

Nicklin Way travels the northern boundary of Parrearra from Mooloolaba to Minyama but there is no access from the Nicklin Way into Parearra.

The suburb is residential in character.

History

The name of the suburb was one of several proposed in 1967 by the Kawana Waters developer, Alfred Grant, drawing on an unattributed reference by Justine Kenyon in her book on Aboriginal words, denoting a length of river. Parrearra was named as a town by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 September 1967, but was redesignated and bounded as a suburb in 1989.

Demographics

In the , Parrearra had a population of 4,468 people.

In the , Parrearra had a population of 4,661 people.

Education

There are no schools in Parrearra. The nearest government primary schools are Brightwater State School in Mountain Creek to the west and Buddina State School in Buddina to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Kawana Waters State College in Bokarina.

References

{{cite QPN. 48832. Parrearra. suburb in Sunshine Coast Region
{{Queensland Globe
(2001). "Parrearra Lake Management Plan". [[Sunshine Coast Regional Council]].
"Parrearra". Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
{{Census 2016 AUS
{{Census 2021 AUS

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