* A general store was opened in 1910.
* The Caloundra area wasn't settled by Europeans until 1862. The first permanent settler was John Ballinger who selected land for sheep-raising south of Lake Currimundi.
* The town was surveyed in the 1870s.
* In 1875 the Brisbane newspaper proprietor and politician, Robert Bulcock, purchased 277 acres in the district.
* In 1882 the explorer William Landsborough, with a £2000 reward from the Queensland government, purchased 2,372 acres of what is now Golden Beach. Between 1882 and his death in 1886 Landsborough grazed sheep on his property.
* The first land sales in the town occurred in 1883.
* The first hotel in the area was built in 1885 on Shelly Beach.
* By the late 1880s Caloundra was becoming known as a seaside resort.
* The town's first school was opened in 1889.
* In 1896 Caloundra got its first lighthouse.
* By 1905 Wilson's Guest House was offering holidays on Dicky Beach.
* A bakery was built in 1909.
* In 1917 Robert Bulcock, Jr subdivided part of his land into 404 building blocks.
* The local School of Arts was opened in 1927.
* Golden Beach was subdivided in 1928.
* The Kings Beach surf lifesaving club was formed in 1933.
* During World War II Caloundra became an important defence location with machine gun sites on the beaches and three radar stations.
* The population was 2,800 in 1961.
* The local high school was opened in 1967.
* Kawana Waters Shopping World was opened iin 1979.
* Major commuter belt development occurred during the mid-1980s.
* In 2008 Caloundra City was amalgamated with Maroochy and Noosa Shires to form the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.
Information copied directly from the Aussie Towns site which contains other amazing links for exploration!
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