Yaroomba, Queensland


Yaroomba is a coastal suburb in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Yaroomba had a population of 1623 people.

Geography

The eastern boundary of the suburb is a long strip of sandy beach. The land rises from sea level in the east to approximately in the west. The occupies about half the suburb,. The remainder is residential housing.
The David Low Way traverses the suburb from north-east to south-east.

History

The suburb began life as a housing estate named Coronation Beach in 1953 in honour of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The name was changed to Yaroomba, a Kabi word which means "surf on the beach", in 1961.
In 2007 a piece of hardwood ribbing was found on the beach by Scott Patterson. It was uncovered due to a combination of high tides and rushing creek waters from recent heavy rain. It was part of the shipwrecked Kirkdale. The ship was built in Whitby, England, and was a twin-masted sailing ship about long. It left Launceston in May 1862 bound for Colombo in Ceylon via the Torres Strait; however, after arriving at Cooktown, the captain turned and travelled south again and ran aground off Yaroomba Beach on 19 July 1862. The ship caught fire but the captain and crew members were able to launch a boat and survived.

Education

There are no schools in Yaroomba, but the suburb is in the catchment for Coolum State School and Coolum State High School in neighbouring Coolum Beach.