:Conondale, Queensland

The town is in the Sunshine Coast hinterland area. The town is located on the banks of the upper Mary River, {{convert|114|km|mi}} north of the state capital, Brisbane.

On 6 October 1851, pastoralist Donald Tuach McKenzie took up a pastoral run, which he named Conondale after hist birthplace on the Conon River in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The town takes its name from the pastoral run.{{cite news |date=17 January 1936 |title=NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND—94 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36804629 |accessdate=28 November 2024 |newspaper=The Courier-mail |location=Queensland, Australia |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=744}}

In November 1906, a sub-division of the former Conondale Station, the Conondale Estate, described as 14,000 acres in one of the best agricultural and dairying districts in the Commonwealth, was advertised for sale. The auctioneers offered to forward an illustrated lithograph to any address.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19490587|title=The Conondale Estate.|date=28 November 1906|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=21 May 2019|issue=15,251|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LXIII|page=4|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite archive |item=Conondale Estate |type=Map |date=1906 |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/251703}} As a new departure in the sub-division of estates, a butter factory was built by the vendors as part of the sale. However, the butter factory never operated and the building was later demolished, with the timbers used for the construction of a house at Moffat Beach.{{Citation|author1=Unknown|title=Conondale Butter Factory,1926|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/191351159|date=1926|access-date=21 May 2019}}{{Citation|author1=Unknown|title=Letter from Daniel Wienholt, Agent for Messrs McLean, to The Clerk, Shire Council Landsborough, Re: Butter Factory at Conondale, 16 July 1918|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/211950620|date=1918|access-date=21 May 2019}}{{Citation|author1=Unknown|title=Beach House, Moffat Beach, 1950|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/191351926|date=1950|access-date=21 May 2019}}

Conondale Provisional School and Flagstone Creek Provisional Schools opened in September 1912, both on a half-time basis, meaning that a single teacher was shared between the two schools. In 1913, Flagstone Creek Provisional School was renamed Conondale South Provisional School. In 1915, Conondale South Provisional School was closed and Conondale Provisional School continued with the teacher on a full-time basis. It experienced occasional closures due to lack of students or unavailability of a teacher. In 1933, it became Conondale State School.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

In 1919, the Landsborough Shire Council decided to set aside {{Convert|20|acres}} of land as a memorial park in Conondale,{{cite news |date=18 July 1919 |title=LANDSBOROUGH SHIRE COUNCIL. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81876693 |accessdate=28 November 2024 |newspaper=Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XV |issue=819}} but later decided on a larger more convenient site,{{cite news |date=27 August 1926 |title=Landsborough Shire Council. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76865307 |accessdate=28 November 2024 |newspaper=Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXIV |issue=1163}} which was officially opened on 3 March 1928.{{Cite web |title=Conondale Memorial Recreation Park |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/113051-conondale-memorial-recreation-park |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=Monument Australia |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416133650/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/113051-conondale-memorial-recreation-park/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=9 March 1928 |title=Conondale. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76858000 |accessdate=28 November 2024 |newspaper=Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XXV |issue=1240}}

Conondale Post Office opened by 1949 (a receiving office or Telegraph office had been open from 1904) and closed in 1974.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | url-status = live }}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Conondale had a population of 858 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30671|name=Conondale (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Conondale had a population of 882 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30666|name=Conondale (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Conondale has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Conondale Timbers Sawmill, Aherns Road{{cite QHR|470|Conondale Timbers Sawmill|602689|access-date=14 July 2013}}

Conondale State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1700 Maleny-Kenilworth Road ({{coord|-26.7294|152.7186|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Conondale State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.conondaless.eq.edu.au/|title=Conondale State School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320142922/https://conondaless.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 92 students with 10 teachers (6 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}} It includes a special education program.

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council operates a mobile library service which visits the school on Maleny-Kenilworth Road.{{Cite web|url=https://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/About-Libraries/Mobile-Libraries/Mobile-Timetable|title=Libraries: Mobile timetable|website=Sunshine Coast Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130121415/https://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/About-Libraries/Mobile-Libraries/Mobile-Timetable|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018|date=7 June 2016}}

Despite the name, Conondale Memorial Recreation Park (but known locally at Green Park) is at 1156 Maleny Kenilworth Road, now within the present-day boundaries of neighbouring Elaman Creek. It features a motocross circuit used by the Sunshine Coast Motorcycle Club for both local and wider competitions.{{Cite web |last=Optium Planning Group |date=November 2016 |title=Conondale Memorial Recreation Park Master Plan 2016 - 2031 |url=https://assets-au-scc.kc-usercontent.com/330b87ea-148b-3ecf-9857-698f2086fe8d/b7f97d52-2cdc-47cc-9cba-2bfdc5e81033/F89291B2-B0AB-4A66-B454-1FFC3D307F78 |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=Sunshine Coast Regional Council |pages=2, 6 |archive-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222070346/https://assets-au-scc.kc-usercontent.com/330b87ea-148b-3ecf-9857-698f2086fe8d/b7f97d52-2cdc-47cc-9cba-2bfdc5e81033/F89291B2-B0AB-4A66-B454-1FFC3D307F78 |url-status=live }}

Conondale is home to the Crystal Waters ecovillage which provides accommodation for 200 residents. It was established formally in 1987 making it one of the first in Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.greenlifestylemag.com.au/features/3286/village-people|title=The village people|date=26 September 2012|work=Green Lifestyle|publisher=nextmedia|access-date=21 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303102601/http://www.greenlifestylemag.com.au/features/3286/village-people|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=live}}

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• Conondale Range

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• {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/conondale|title=Conondale|website=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
• [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-conondale-1983.jpg Town map of Conondale, 1983]

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