Cooran

Cooran is a rural hinterland town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.

Cooran is a rural hinterland town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Cooran had a population of 1,624 people.

The name Cooran comes from guran or kuran, meaning tall in the Kabi language. This might refer to Mount Cooran or to the tall Moreton Bay Ash trees (Eucalyptus tessellaris).Cooran Post Office opened on 17 June 1889 (a receiving office had been open from 1888).The Cooran Provisional School opened on 21 July 1890. It became Cooran State School in 1909.In 1906, a memorial hall opened.

St Matthew's Anglican Church was dedicated on 30 September 1913 by Archbishop St Clair Donaldson. It closed circa 1987.In the 1920s and 30s, banana growing became an important industry around the town. For a period after World War II pineapple farms gained popularity in the district.

Between 2008 and 2013 Cooran (and all of Noosa Shire) was within Sunshine Coast Region.

In the 2011 census, Cooran had a population of 1,457 people.In the 2016 census the locality of Cooran had a population of 1,624 people.