Beerwah

The Glass House Mountains are a popular tourist site in the of . The mountains were named by Captain Cook, who in 1770 thought they looked like glass houses as he sailed along the eastern coast of Australia.
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  • Type: Town with 5,920 residents
  • Description: town in Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: “Beerwah, Queensland” and “Beerwah, Queensland, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beerwah railway station and Glasshouse Christian College.

Railway station
Photo: TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beerwah is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Nambour/Gympie North line. It opened in 1890 and serves the town of Beerwah. It is a ground level station, featuring two side platforms.

School
is an independent Christian school located on the in Beerwah, , . The college was established by the Glasshouse Country Baptist Church and first opened on 31 January 2000 with an enrolment of 16 students, and has since expanded to a college of more than 1070 students from Prep to Year 12.

School
is a government-owned secondary school in Beerwah, , that was established in 1992.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Banya and Gagalba.

Suburb
is a locality in the , , Australia. It forms part of the Caloundra South Priority Development Area, a large-scale masterplanned community being developed by Stockland under the name Aura. is situated 9 km east of Beerwah.

Suburb
is a developing locality in the , , Australia. When suburban development is complete, will have approximately 6,000 homes with a secondary school and two primary schools. is situated 10 km east of Beerwah.

Beerwah

Latitude
-26.85712° or 26° 51′ 26″ south
Longitude
152.95759° or 152° 57′ 27″ east
Population
5,920
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU BEW
Open location code
5R5J4XV5+52
Open­Street­Map ID
node 107158790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2176406
Wiki­data ID
Q582809
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Satellite Map

Discover Beerwah from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Beerwah” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Beerwah”
  • Catalan: “Beerwah”
  • Cebuano: “Beerwah”
  • Chinese: “畢爾瓦”
  • Danish: “Beerwah”
  • Dutch: “Beerwah”
  • French: “Beerwah”
  • German: “Beerwah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beerwah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beerwah”
  • Norwegian: “Beerwah”
  • Persian: “بیروا”
  • Polish: “Beerwah”
  • Russian: “Бирва”
  • Spanish: “Beerwah (Queensland)”
  • Spanish: “Beerwah”
  • Swedish: “Beerwah, Queensland”
  • Swedish: “Beerwah”
  • Western Frisian: “Beerwah”

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