Sunshine Coast
The name Sunshine Coast gained local standing in 1960 when the Nambour Chamber of Commerce agreed with the Real Estate Institute of Queensland that 'Sunshine Coast' better represented the area than the usual formulation 'Near North Coast'. Nambour was the headquarters of Maroochy Shire, still predominantly concerned with an agricultural hinterland of sugar, pineapples, avocados, bananas and ginger at Buderim Mountain.
Nancy Cato, The Noosa story: a study in unplanned development, Milton, Jacaranda Press, 1982
Michael Gloster, The shaping of Noosa, Noosa Heads, Noosa Blue Publishing Group, 1987
Helen Gregory, Making Maroochy: a history of the land, the people and the Shire, Brisbane, Boolarong with Maroochy Shire Council, 1991
Hector Holthouse, Illustrated history of the Sunshine Coast, Frenchs Forest, NSW, Reed, 1982
Robert Longhurst, Sunshine Coast: our heritage in focus, South Brisbane, State Library of Queensland Foundation, 1995
Deborah Ralston, Creating growth: challenges facing the Sunshine Coast, Melbourne, CEDA, 2001
Caloundra, Cooloola, Maroochy, Noosa and Sunshine Coast Regional Council entries
