Mooloolah River

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title: "Mooloolah River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-queensland", "geography-of-sunshine-coast,-queensland"] description: "River in Queensland, Australia" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooloolah_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River in Queensland, Australia ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox river"]

Field	Value
name	Mooloolah
image	Mooloolaba Aerial.jpg
image_caption	Aerial photo of Mooloolaba showing river mouth and canals, 2007
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Australia
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Queensland
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	South East Queensland
length_km	69.8
source1	Blackall Range
mouth	Pacific Ocean
mouth_location	Mooloolaba, Queensland
mouth_coordinates
basin_size_km2	221
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| name = Mooloolah | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = | image = Mooloolaba Aerial.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Aerial photo of Mooloolaba showing river mouth and canals, 2007 | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Australia | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Queensland | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = South East Queensland | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length_km = 69.8 | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = Blackall Range | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Pacific Ocean | mouth_location = Mooloolaba, Queensland | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size_km2 = 221 | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = The Mooloolah River is a river in South East Queensland, Australia. The river rises from the eastern slopes of the Blackall Range and flows east-northeast, similar to the Maroochy River to the north. The mouth of the river is at southern Mooloolaba. The catchment area covers 221 km2.

Addlington Creek, a tributary of the Mooloolah River was dammed by the Ewen Maddock Dam in 1973. Mountain Creek is another tributary that rises on the Buderim mountain that divides the Mooloolah and Maroochy watersheds.

The gastric-brooding frog is a recently extinct frog that was discovered in only three catchments, the Mary River, Mooloolah River and Stanley Rivers.

Although the Mooloolah River doesn't experience major flooding often, a flood warning system was established in 2004 to inform the Sunshine Coast Regional Council with river height predictions from network of rainfall and river height field stations.

History

The indigenous peoples of the area along the banks of the Mooloolah River were the Gubbi Gubbi peoples. Captain James Cook, on board the HM Bark Endeavour, sighted the Mooloolah River during his northward voyage along the Queensland coast in 1770.

In 1960, the Mooloolah River was adjoined to the Mooloolah River National Park to protect valuable remnants of coastal habitats.

References

References

1. (2008-10-23). "Mooloolah River". Department of Environment and Resource Management.
2. "Flood Warning System For The Mooloolah River". [[Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)]].

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