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Andrew
Petrie sighted the Maroochy River in 1862, and he took the name for the
river and the district from an Aboriginal word meaning "water where
the black swan lives". The
town of It
is now mainly a holiday resort, offering surfing, swimming, boating, and
fishing to visitors from the state capital, Brisbane, 75 miles (120 km) to
the south. Some sugarcane is grown in the area. Nearby Mooloolah National
Park is a major lowland coastal reserve. In
1986, the inhabitants of Maroochydore together with Mooloolaba were
20,635. |
The
Australian town Maroochydore is situated in the southeastern of
Queensland. It lies at the mouth of the Maroochy River and at the foot of
Buderim Mountain; the southern part of Maroochydore merges with the
township of Mooloolaba.
Maroochydore, founded in 1900 as a port serving inland districts
and for timber exports from the nearby Blackall Ranges, took its name from
the district.