Pomona, Queensland

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Pomona Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Postcode:	4568
Property Value:	AUD $364,750[1]
Location:	135 km (84 mi) from Brisbane
LGA:	Noosa
State District:	Noosa
Federal Division:	Fairfax
Suburbs around Pomona: Ringtail Creek Pinbarren Cooran Cooran Pomona Lake MacDonald Federal Black Mountain Cooroy

Pomona is a town located at the base of Mt Cooroora at the northern end of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The town was originally called Pinbarren siding and was renamed Pomona in 1906, after the Roman goddess of fruit and orchards.^[2][3] Pomona is 166 kilometres north of Brisbane, and approximately 30 minutes driving time from Noosa Heads.

Contents 1 History 2 Points of interest 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Pomona was settled in the late 1880's. The railway to Pomona was opened in 1891. The town became the administrative centre of the Noosa Shire in 1909.

[edit] Points of interest

Pomona is notable for two things. The Majestic Theatre [1] claimed to be the oldest continuously operating silent movie theatre in the world, though scholers point out that the oldest is in Lyon, France. Built in 1921, it became a community-owned enterprise in October 2006.

Australian musician Darren Hanlon's album "Fingertips and Mountaintops" was entirely recorded in the Majestic Theatre.

[edit] See also

• Pomona railway station, Queensland

[edit] References

1. ^ domain.com.au, accessed 19 December 2006
2. ^ Noosa Community Guide 2005 Part D 19 December 2006
3. ^ South East Queensland - Place Names 19 December 2006

[edit] External links

• Majestic Theatre home page

Coordinates: 26°22′S, 152°52′E