Tinbeerwah is a semi-rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,160 people.
Geography
The Cooroy-Noosa Road runs through from west (Lake Macdonald) to east (Tewantin).
Mount Tinbeerwah is in the north of locality () rising above sea level.
The north of the locality is within the Tewantin National Park.
History The name Tinbeerwah is Aboriginal for "place of grasstrees" or "high hill climbing up".Noosa Community Guide 2005 Part D 19 December 2006South East Queensland – Place Names 19 December 2006
Tinbeerwah Provisional School opened on 2 September 1914 under teacher Beesie Pollock. On 1 September 1916, it became Tinbeerwah State School. It closed on 9 August 1963 due to transport issues. It was on the junction of Sivyers Road and Cooroy-Noosa Road (). The school building was relocated to 1 Doonella Street, Teewantin, where it is used as a kindergarten. The school's site became the Tinbeerwah School Park with a plaque and a cairn commemorating the school.
In 1987, 12-year-old Noosa schoolgirl Sian Kingi was raped and murdered in Tinbeerwah after being abducted from Noosa Heads.
Between 2008 and 2013, Tinbeerwah (and the rest of the Shire of Noosa) was within Sunshine Coast Region but the Shire of Noosa was re-established in 2014.
Demographics In the , Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,262 people.
In the , Tinbeerwah had a population of 974 people.
In the , Tinbeerwah had a population of 1,160 people.
Education There are no schools in Tinbeerwah. The nearest government primary schools are:
Tewantin State School in neighbouring Tewantin to the east Eumundi State School in neighbouring Eumundi to the south Cooroy State School in Cooroy to the south-west Noosaville State School in Noosaville to the east The nearest government secondary school is Noosa District State High School which has its junior campus in Pomona to the north-west and its senior campus in Cooroy to the south-west.
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Further reading
— via State Library of Queensland
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