Maleny, Queensland

Maleny is {{convert|90|km}} north of Brisbane on the Blackall Range overlooking the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Nearby towns include Landsborough, Montville, Peachester, Palmwoods and Hunchy. Nearby places of geographical significance include the Glass House Mountains and Baroon Pocket Dam (in North Maleny).

Baroon Pocket Dam constructed in 1989 is fed by the Obi Obi Creek, a significant tributary of the upper Mary River, which drains the basalt capped Maleny plateau. Water runoff statistics have been kept in this area since the 1940s showing that the average annual rainfall is {{convert|2037|mm}} and the runoff into Baroon Pocket Dam receives annually about 64,000 megalitres. The Baroon Pocket Dam holds about 61,000 megalitres of water and the treatment plant supplies about 150 megalitres of treated water to the Sunshine Coast daily.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Maleny is situated approximately {{convert|450|m|-2}} above sea level, among the characteristic rolling green hills of the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Prior to European settlement, the area was covered in thick sub-tropical rainforest with huge hardwood trees. Loggers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries opened up the area seeking valuable timber, which was prized locally and in Europe. Heavy logging led to the almost complete denuding of the rainforest clad hills in the district around Maleny. Only a few pockets of forest remain in steeper terrain and in one large remnant patch (around {{Convert|40|ha|acre|-1|disp=sqbr}}) which now forms Mary Cairncross Reserve.

Landsborough–Maleny Road enters from the east, Maleny–Montville Road exits to the north-east, Maleny–Kenilworth Road exits to the north-west, and Maleny–Stanley River Road exits to the south-west.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Maleny+QLD+4552/@-26.7600109,152.8086688,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b9387146cfe60fb:0x502a35af3dec200!8m2!3d-26.7581187!4d152.8485022 |access-date=3 December 2022 |title=Maleny}}

File:StateLibQld 1 14130 Main centre of Maleny, ca. 1922.jpgThe name Maleny is probably derived from the parish name, which in turn is possibly derived from the Scottish place name Malleny, a historic house and garden in the Midlothian village of the same name.

The area around Maleny was originally populated by the Nalbo and the Dallambara — two aboriginal tribes of the Gubbi Gubbi language group.{{Cite web|url=https://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Heritage/Indigenous-History/Maroochy-Region|title=Maroochy Region|date=17 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821141704/https://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Heritage/Indigenous-History/Maroochy-Region|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=live|access-date=4 August 2016}} The area was known for its bunya feasts which happened every third year when the giant bunya tree was in fruit.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

The first European to document Maleny was the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt who describes the area in his travel diary in 1844. The first European settlement followed in the wake of the Gympie gold rush of 1867. A track linking Maleny to Landsborough was cut in 1880.{{Cite book|title=Heritage Trails of the Queensland Outback|last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland)|author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland)|publisher=State of Queensland|year=2002|isbn=0-7345-1040-3|pages=130–131}}

An official proclamation of Maleny as a town occurred in 1891.

Since just after the turn of the 20th century, the Maleny Community Centre has provided facilities to residents and visitors for a wide range of activities.{{cite web|title=History - Maleny Community Centre|url=http://www.malenycommunitycentre.org/about-us/history/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627222645/http://www.malenycommunitycentre.org/about-us/history/|archive-date=27 June 2018|access-date=30 August 2018}} The Maleny Butter Factory began operation in 1904. Two years later, Maleny Post Office opened by February 1906. (A receiving office had been open from 1889.){{Cite web|url=http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=*Maleny*|title=Post Office List|last=Phoenix Auctions History|publisher=Phoenix Auctions|access-date=3 March 2021}}

Maleny Township State School opened on 22 April 1913. In 1915 its name was changed to Maleny State School.{{Cite web|url=https://malenyss.eq.edu.au/|title=Maleny State School|access-date=3 March 2021}}{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}} Maleny State High School opened 27 January 1987.{{Cite web|url=https://malenyshs.eq.edu.au/|title=Maleny State High School|access-date=3 March 2021}}

Maleny Baptist Church opened in July 1914.{{Cite web|title=Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland}}{{Cite web|title=1914 Maleny|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1914-Maleny.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland}}{{cite news|date=16 July 1914|title=North Coast Baptist Churches|page=10|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=17,629|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19971410|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=30 November 2021}} The Maleny branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association was formed in 1929.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-06|title=Backward Glance – QCWA, much more than tea and scones|url=https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/News-Centre/Backward-Glance-QCWA-much-more-than-tea-and-scones-060219|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319043726/https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/News-Centre/Backward-Glance-QCWA-much-more-than-tea-and-scones-060219|archive-date=19 March 2021|access-date=19 March 2021|website=Sunshine Coast Council|language=en}}

St George's Anglican Church was dedicated on 6 September 1931 by Archbishop Sharp. It had been relocated from the Beerburrum Soldier Settlement where it was dedicated (also as St George's) on 20 August 1922 by Canon D.J. Garland,{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20566788|title=ANGLICAN CHURCH AT BEERBURRUM|date=23 August 1922|work=Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933)|access-date=3 April 2019|pages=6}} but it fell into disuse due to the failure of the settlement and was formally closed in August 1931 prior to its removal to Maleny.{{Cite web|url=https://anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/#B|title=Closed Churches - Beerburrum|last=Anglican Records and Archives Centre of Southern Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/#B|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=dead|access-date=3 April 2019|df=dmy-all}} The building was originally built as a chapel at the Enoggera army barracks during World War I by the Soldiers' Church of England Help Society.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190683264|title=WAR-TIME CHURCH|date=9 September 1931|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=21 April 2019|issue=18,333|location=Queensland, Australia|page=11 (FIRST EDITION)|via=National Library of Australia}}Download Many of the furnishings and ornaments of the church were donated in memory of soldiers who had died, including the altar and its furnishings which were donated in the member of Earl Kitchener.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21761857|title=HISTORIC CHURCH.|date=9 September 1931|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=21 April 2019|issue=22,968|location=Queensland, Australia|page=15|via=National Library of Australia}}

Although a campaign to have a police station in the town was started in the 1920s, it wasn't until 1952 that permission to convert a house into the police station and residence (in use until 2017) was granted.

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On 15 August 1995, the Queensland Governor Leneen Forde dedicated the Maleny War Memorial.{{cite web|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/multiple/display/91911-maleny-rsl-war-memorial|title=Maleny RSL War MemoriaL|publisher=Monument Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407113929/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/multiple/display/91911-maleny-rsl-war-memorial|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=live|access-date=3 April 2014}}

Maleny hosted the Maleny Folk Festival from its inception in 1987 to 1993, when it was moved to the nearby town of Woodford and renamed to the Woodford Folk Festival.{{Cite news|date=1 December 2010|title=Maleny's Other History|newspaper=Hinterland Times|publisher=Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times.|url=http://www.hinterlandtimes.com.au/2010/12/01/maleny%E2%80%99s-other-history/|url-status=live|access-date=15 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228101046/http://www.hinterlandtimes.com.au/2010/12/01/maleny%e2%80%99s-other-history/|archive-date=28 February 2011}}

The Maleny Library was opened in 1998 with a major refurbishment in 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}}

Maleny's population growth since 2000 has brought an increase in urban development. Many local residents have resisted some of the development, the most notable being the establishment of a Woolworths store in the town. In July 2005, a rally attracted about 300 protestors objecting to the store.{{Cite news|date=24 July 2005|title=Three arrested as Maleny supermarket protests continue|work=ABC News Online|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421051.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=15 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807034933/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1421051.htm|archive-date=7 August 2007|df=dmy-all}} Many locals were opposed to the idea. (79% of local residents opposed according to "Market Facts" survey of 20 July 2005.{{cite web|date=20 July 2005|title=Community response to a proposed supermarket in Maleny: report of findings|url=http://www.malenyvoice.com/obiobi/resources/Market-Facts-Maleny-Report.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327223746/http://www.malenyvoice.com/obiobi/resources/Market-Facts-Maleny-Report.pdf|archive-date=27 March 2012|access-date=25 July 2015|publisher=Market Facts Pty Ltd}}) A number of motivations for the protest existed but of particular concern was that the supermarket was to be built over a significant platypus habitat and that local traders would be negatively affected as well as issues regarding local council members going against the original town planning agreement regarding all development in Maleny to be in fitting with "the village environ" that characterises much of the townships of the Blackall Range.{{cite web|title=Maleny Voice FAQs|url=http://www.malenyvoice.com/obiobi/background/background.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025092537/http://www.malenyvoice.com/obiobi/background/background.php|archive-date=25 October 2010|access-date=20 September 2010}} Badges and posters reading "I WON'T SHOP THERE" were seen in Maleny as part of the anti-Woolworths campaign, although the bumper stickers can now be seen in the Woolworths car park. The campaign against the supermarket achieved international coverage.{{cite news|date=14 April 2014|title=0 years on, protesters recall supermarket fight|work=Range News|url=http://www.rangenews.com.au/news/10-years-on-protesters-recall-supermarket-fight/2228721/|url-status=live|access-date=25 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725132713/http://www.rangenews.com.au/news/10-years-on-protesters-recall-supermarket-fight/2228721/|archive-date=25 July 2015}} Despite protests and an offer to purchase the site for A$2 million (pledged by local residents) the supermarket opened on 3 April 2006. Although many residents refuse to shop in the supermarket, nonetheless Woolworths recorded it as one of its top 30 stores in 2008.{{cite news|date=4 September 2008|title=Turns out Maleny does shop at Woolworths|work=Sunshine Coast Daily|url=http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/turns-out-maleny-does-shop-woolworths/343018/|url-status=live|access-date=25 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725143911/http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/turns-out-maleny-does-shop-woolworths/343018/|archive-date=25 July 2015}}

In 2013, many residents protested the construction of a petrol station and convenience store at 19 & 21 Bunya St, Maleny by the IGA Supermarket. Protestors cited proximity to the primary school as the main issue with the development proposal.{{Cite news|title=Backlash over proposed Maleny fuel station|language=en|work=Sunshine Coast Daily|url=https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/station-plan-fuels-anger/1772062/|url-status=live|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402193245/http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/station-plan-fuels-anger/1772062/|archive-date=2 April 2013|df=dmy-all}} The proposal was abandoned by the owners of the IGA supermarket who said "We don't want to embroil our business in something that is controversial."{{Cite news|date=5 April 2013|title=Plans abandoned for new Maleny Service Station|language=en-US|work=Hinterland Times - Local stories, local people, local events|url=https://www.hinterlandtimes.com.au/2013/04/05/plans-abandoned-for-new-maleny-service-station/|url-status=live|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503224123/http://www.hinterlandtimes.com.au/2013/04/05/plans-abandoned-for-new-maleny-service-station/|archive-date=3 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}

In 2016, Sydney-based advertising executive and author David Rollins proposed a "TT Style" motorcycle race for the Maleny area. Maleny residents formed a protest group to oppose this event called "Peaceful Roads Sunshine Coast." The group protested the event citing safety, noise and access issues of concern and that the event was not in keeping with the existing tourism activities in the area.{{Cite news|date=5 July 2016|title=Peaceful roads or a TT motorcycle race?|language=en-US|work=Hinterland Times - Local stories, local people, local events|url=https://www.hinterlandtimes.com.au/2016/07/05/peaceful-roads-or-a-tt-motorcycle-race/|url-status=live|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011133635/https://www.hinterlandtimes.com.au/2016/07/05/peaceful-roads-or-a-tt-motorcycle-race/|archive-date=11 October 2018|df=dmy-all}} The application was withdrawn in August 2018.{{Cite web|title=7 News Sunshine Coast|url=https://www.facebook.com/7NewsSC/videos/1156932687697497/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011220207/https://www.facebook.com/7NewsSC/videos/1156932687697497/|archive-date=11 October 2018|access-date=11 October 2018|website=facebook.com|language=en|df=dmy-all}}

In 2018, Jeanette Jamieson became the Anglican priest in charge of the Parish of Maleny, having previously served in the Parish of Kilcoy.

Maleny Independent School was a private secondary (7–10) school at 23 Coral Street ({{coord|-26.7171|152.8176|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Maleny Independent School}}).{{cite web |title=Maleny Independent School |url=https://www.malenyindependentschool.com.au |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308045737/https://malenyindependentschool.com.au/ |archive-date=8 March 2019 |access-date=28 February 2021 |df=dmy-all}} It opened in 1918, initially offering Years 7 and 8.{{Cite web |title=New private schools prepare to open their gates |url=https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/new-private-schools-prepare-to-open-their-gates/245708 |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=The Educator Australia |language=en}} In 2019, the school had an enrolment of 25 students with one principal (0.8 full-time equivalent), three teachers (part-time) and one non-teaching staff (part-time).{{Cite web |title=Annual Report 2020 (Based on 2019 data) |url=https://malenyindependentschool.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MIS-2020-annual-report.pdf |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=Maleny Independent School}} As at 2024, the school has closed.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=23 November 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Maleny had a population of 3,734 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31754|name=Maleny (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Maleny had a population of 3,959 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31739|name=Maleny (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

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

• Fairview, 15 Porter's Lane{{cite QHR|16841|Fairview|602105|access-date=14 July 2013}}
• Maleny Lodge Guest House, 58 Maple Street{{Cite web|date=24 August 2020|title=Maleny Lodge Guest House|url=https://d1j8a4bqwzee3.cloudfront.net/~/media/Corporate/Documents/Planning/Planning%20scheme%20text/Schedule6/Schedule%206%20Section%206_10.pdf?la=en|url-status=live|website=Heritage Register|publisher=Sunshine Coast Regional Council|pages=222–224|access-date=28 February 2021|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024025838/https://d1j8a4bqwzee3.cloudfront.net/~/media/Corporate/Documents/Planning/Planning%20scheme%20text/Schedule6/Schedule%206%20Section%206_10.pdf?la=en}}

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Maleny has replaced its timber-cutting and dairying past with tourism with a large influx of people who wanted an alternative lifestyle. As well as being on the Hinterland tourist drive, Maleny attracts daytrippers from Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast who are attracted to the various stores, art galleries and specialty shops.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}

Maleny is home to a large number of cooperative enterprises. There are art galleries, health food and organic produce stores, cafes, the Maleny Credit Union, a thriving business centre, rural settlements, a community golf course, alternative schools, alternative medical treatment centres, organic farms, intentional communities including the Crystal Waters Permaculture Village in nearby Conondale and the Fountainhead organic retreat and education centre (whose founder received a certificate from Senator Mark Furner for his work in helping those with depression and anxiety).{{cite web|title=Fountain Head retreat & education centre|url=http://www.fountainhead.com.au/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725133208/http://www.fountainhead.com.au/|archive-date=25 July 2015|access-date=25 July 2015|publisher=Fountain Head Retreat}}

Maleny State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 16 Bunya Street ({{coord|-26.7607|152.8553|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Maleny State School}}). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 409 students with 32 teachers (27 full-time equivalent) and 23 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent). The school offers a special education program.

Ananda Marga River School (also known as The River School) is a private primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 251 Bridge Creek Road ({{coord|-26.7343|152.8447|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Ananda Marga River 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|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|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amriverschool.org|title=Ananda Marga River School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801073455/http://www.amriverschool.org/|archive-date=1 August 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 126 students with 14 teachers (10 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (10 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|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|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}}

Maleny State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 50 Bunya Street ({{coord|-26.7657|152.8569|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Maleny State High School}}). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 705 students with 60 teachers (55 full-time equivalent) and 29 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent). The school offers a special education program.

The Anglican parish of Maleny is part of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane.{{cite web|url=http://www.malenyanglicanparish.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1st-Sunday-of-Lent-2017.pdf|title=A new priest for Maleny parish|page=4|publisher=Maleny Anglican Parish|access-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716040431/http://www.malenyanglicanparish.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1st-Sunday-of-Lent-2017.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2018|url-status=live}}

There are also a number of Protestant churches in the town: the Maleny Presbyterian Church,{{cite web|url=https://www.malenypc.org.au|title=Maleny Presbyterian Church - Queensland|first=Scott|last=Kroeger|website=www.malenypc.org.au|access-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811220050/https://malenypc.org.au/|archive-date=11 August 2018|url-status=live}} Maleny Uniting Church,{{cite web|url=http://www.malenyuniting.com.au|title=The Maleny Uniting Church is a vibrant, active community seeking to bring people from all walks of life into a personal relationship with God. — Growing faith, spreading hope|website=www.malenyuniting.com.au|access-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430161108/http://www.malenyuniting.com.au/|archive-date=30 April 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} the Church on the Rise,{{cite web |url= http://churchontherise.org.au/maleny/ |title= Church on the Rise, Maleny |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180812172942/http://churchontherise.org.au/maleny/ |archive-date= 12 August 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date= 30 August 2018}} Maleny Baptist Church,{{cite web|title=Maleny Baptist|url=https://www.qb.org.au/location/513/maleny-baptist-church/|access-date=|website=}} and Maleny Seventh Day Adventist Church.{{cite web |url= https://maleny.adventist.org.au|title=Home|website=Maleny Adventist Church|access-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180807094139/https://maleny.adventist.org.au/ |archive-date= 7 August 2018 |url-status=live}}

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council operate a library at 5 Coral Street which has a meeting room, wireless internet access, and access to a variety of books and periodicals.{{Cite web|url=https://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/About-Libraries/Open-Hours/Maleny-Library|title=Maleny Library|website=Sunshine Coast Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145634/https://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/About-Libraries/Open-Hours/Maleny-Library|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}} The library also conducts a number of public programs for community members of all ages. Plans to extend the Maleny Library are ongoing, as the library is the second smallest of the council's libraries but one of the busiest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/News-Centre/Help-shape-the-future-of-the-Maleny-Library-101016|title=Help shape the future of the Maleny Library|website=Sunshine Coast Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130145649/https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/News-Centre/Help-shape-the-future-of-the-Maleny-Library-101016|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}} The Sunshine Coast Libraries Plan 2014 - 2024 recommends reassessment of car parking provisions, the interior design of library spaces and opportunities to use alternate community spaces for library activities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/Planning-and-Projects/Council-Plans/~/media/Corporate/Migrated/Files/Uploads/addfiles/documents/communityplanning/sclibrariesplan.pdf|title=Sunshine Coast Libraries Plan 2014-2024|website=Sunshine Coast Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330224752/https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/Planning-and-Projects/Council-Plans/~/media/Corporate/Migrated/Files/Uploads/addfiles/documents/communityplanning/sclibrariesplan.pdf|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}}

The Maleny branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 1 Bicentenary Lane.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

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McCarthy Lookout is at 563 Mountain View Road ({{coord|-26.7813|152.8420|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=McCarthy Lookout}}).{{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Tourist points - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124222328/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}} It provides views of the Glasshouse Mountains.{{Cite web|title=McCarthys Lookout, Maleny|url=https://www.weekendnotes.com/mccarthys-lookout/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-28|website=Weekend Notes|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925175747/https://www.weekendnotes.com/mccarthys-lookout/}}

Despite its name, Maleny Botanic Gardens and Bird World is at 233 Maleny Stanley River Road in neighbouring Wootha.{{Cite web|title=Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World|url=https://www.malenybotanicgardens.com.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-28|website=– Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World|language=en-AU|archive-date=29 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229022935/https://www.malenybotanicgardens.com.au/}}

Located on the humid eastern slopes of the Blackall Range, Maleny is one of the wettest towns in Queensland away from the north tropical coast. The average annual rainfall is about {{convert|2000|mm|abbr=on}}; however, during unusually wet years twelve-month rainfall totals of up to {{convert|4000|mm|abbr=on}} can be recorded, with monthly totals over {{convert|1000|mm|abbr=on}} and 24-hour totals up to {{convert|300|mm|abbr=on}}. Temperatures are mild and rarely get above {{convert|35|C}} in summer or drop below {{convert|5|C}} in winter.

• Mike Ahern, Queensland National Party politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1987 to September 1989.

Blackall Range road network

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• {{Citation|title=Maleny schools' centenary celebration : 100 years of education, 1913-2013|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/200772728|publication-date=2013|publisher=Maleny P&C}}
• {{cite news |date=28 December 1923 |title=Maleny's Early Settlement. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76536770 |accessdate= |newspaper=Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=XX |issue=1051}}

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• {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/maleny|title=Maleny|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
• {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-maleny-1975.jpg|title=Town map of Maleny|date=1975|publisher=Queensland Government}}

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