Birtinya, Queensland

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Birtinya is a suburb of Kawana Waters in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the Template:CensusAU, Birtinya had a population of 4,378 people.[1]

History

The name Birtinya is reportedly an Aboriginal word meaning neighbouring proposed by the development company, Alfred Grant Pty Ltd, on 31 March 1960.[2]

Pacific Lutheran College opened on 26 September 2001; it is now within the boundaries of neighbouring Meridan Plains.[3]

Demographics

In the Template:CensusAU, Birtinya had a population of 314 people.[4]

In the Template:CensusAU, Birtinya had a population of 1,933 people.[5]

In the Template:CensusAU, Birtinya had a population of 4,378 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Birtinya. The nearest government primary and secondary school is Kawana Waters State College in neighbouring Bokarina to the east.[6]

Amenities

Birtinya is built around Lake Kawana, which includes a Script error: No such module "convert". buoyed course for flat water competitions.[7]

The Lake Kawana Community Centre located beside the lake on Sportsmans Drive (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) provides 15 spaces (halls and meeting rooms) together with commercial kitchen facilities and smaller kitchenettes for community events. It is operated by the Sunshine Coast Regional council.[8] The centre was officially opened on 5 November 2005 by City of Caloundra mayor Don Aldous.[9]

Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) is located in Birtinya; it is a tertiary, teaching hospital servicing all parts of the Sunshine Coast and Gympie Region. SCUH saw its first patients on 21 March 2017 and was officially opened on 19 April 2017 by the Queensland Premier and Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services. SCUH opened with about 450 beds, with plans to grow to 738 beds by 2021. Services and capacity at SCUH will continue to develop over the coming years.[10]

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