Boreen Point

Boreen Point is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.

Boreen Point is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Boreen Point had a population of 328 people. The town of Boreen is located within the locality beside the lake (26.2844°S 152.9933°E? / -26.2844; 152.9933? (Boreen)), but the town name is rarely used with Boreen Point being the name in common usage.

The name comes from an Aboriginal word from the tribes around Moreton Bay which refers to the pathway that led between two bora rings.Cooroora Provisional School opened on 17 January 1898. On 1 January 1909 it became Cooroora State School. In 1911 it was renamed Kareewa State School. In 1933 it was renamed Boreen Junction State School. It closed in 1947.In 1987, the historic inn Apollonian Hotel (built 1860s) was relocated from Gympie, Queensland and rebuilt in Boreen Point. It was named after the Greek God Apollo.Although currently and historically within the local government area of Shire of Noosa,between 2008 and 2013 Boreen Point was within Sunshine Coast Region following acontroversial amalgamation of local government areas that was subsequently reversed following a vote by local people to deamalgamate the Shire of Noosa.At the 2011 census Boreen Point recorded a population of 264 people.In the 2016 census Boreen Point had a population of 328 people.