Perwillowen, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Perwillowen

| city =

| state = qld

| image =

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|-26.6358|152.9261|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Perwillowen (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 213

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4560

| area = 3.6

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 2.3

| dir1 = W

| location1 = Burnside

| dist2 = 4.0

| dir2 = WSW

| location2 = Nambour

| dist3 = 33.8

| dir3 = NW

| location3 = Caloundra

| dist4 = 106

| dir4 = N

| location4 = Brisbane

| lga = Sunshine Coast Region

| stategov = Nicklin

| fedgov = Fairfax

| near-n = Burnside

| near-ne = Burnside

| near-e = Burnside

| near-se = Coes Creek

| near-s = Towen Mountain

| near-sw = Dulong

| near-w = Dulong

| near-nw = Kureelpa

}}

Perwillowen is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|48839|Perwillowen|locality in Sunshine Coast Region|access-date=5 November 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Perwillowen had a population of 213 people.

Geography

Burnside Road forms the north-east boundary of the locality. Perwillowen Road enters the locality from the east (Burnside) and proceeds west through the centre of the locality as its main artery, terminating within the north-west of the locality.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=29 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

The land use is predominantly a mixture of housing (both rural residential and suburban blocks) and grazing on native vegetation.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=29 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

History

The name Perwillowen is reportedly an Aboriginal name for pigeons. It has had many variant spellings over the years including Pillywillman, Pillawillamon, Pillewilliman and Perwillowan.

Perwillowen Creek Provisional School opened on 15 May 1916.{{cite news |date=7 June 1916 |title=The Perwillowen State School. |page=6 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=18,218 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20103250 |accessdate=18 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=29 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929094726/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20103250 |url-status=live }} It was {{Convert|21 by 14|ft}} built on high stumps with a verandah. There were 22 children enrolled and the first teacher was Miss E. M. Lavin.{{cite news |date=9 June 1916 |title=Perwillowen |volume=XIII |page=5 |newspaper=Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser |issue=659 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81853411 |accessdate=18 August 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=29 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929094725/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81853411 |url-status=live }} It become Perwillowen Creek State School about 1923. It closed in October 1930 due to low student numbers but reopened on 13 July 1932. It finally closed in 1959.{{Citation|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|author1=Queensland Family History Society|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} It was on Perwillowen Road (approx {{Coord|-26.6384|152.9256|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Perwillowen Creek State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1955 |title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m76 |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m76-admin-bdy-1955/original |access-date=18 August 2023 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810231644/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m76-admin-bdy-1955/original |url-status=live }}

Nambour Wesleyan Methodist Church opened in 1980.{{Cite web |title=Nambour Wesleyan Methodist Church {{!}} Perwillowen |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4257&Nambour%20Wesleyan%20Methodist%20Church%20Perwillowen |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Queensland Religious Places Database}}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Perwillowen had a population of 221 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32323|name=Perwillowen (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Perwillowen had a population of 213 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32301|name=Perwillowen (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Education

There are no schools in Perwillowen. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Burnside State School and Burnside State High School, both in neighbouring Burnside to the north-east. There are also non-government schools in Burnside and other Nambour suburbs.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=29 September 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}

Amenities

Nambour Wesleyan Methodist Church is at 165 Perwillowen Road ({{Coord|-26.6399|152.9409|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Nambour Wesleyan Methodist Church}}). It is part of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia.{{Cite web|title=South Queensland|url=https://wesleyan.org.au/south-qld/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821020136/https://wesleyan.org.au/south-qld/|archive-date=21 August 2021|access-date=2021-08-26|website=Wesleyan Methodist Church Australia|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last= |title=Home |url=https://nambourwesleyan.org.au/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Nambour Wesleyan Methodist Church |language=en-AU |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821232300/https://nambourwesleyan.org.au/ |url-status=live }}