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Situated near the suburb of Coombabah, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the coast and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northwest of Southport, the lake borders the Ivan Gibbs Wetland Reserve, is classified as a Fish Habitat Area within the Moreton Bay Marine Park and serves as an important wildlife corridor between the Nerang State Forest and the coast.
Myola was named (there being no local name) for the wife of his friend and commanding officer, Major Sydney Elliot-Smith. Myola is an Australian aboriginal word meaning "dawn of day". The second, larger lake bed to the immediate north is referred to as Myola 2, with the smaller lake bed being sometimes known as Myola 1. [ 6 ]
Myola is a beach-side locality in the City of Shoalhaven in New South Wales, Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It lies about 26 km southeast of Nowra on the northeastern shore of Jervis Bay . It is on the opposite side of Currambene Creek from Huskisson , although there is no direct road connection.
The suburb takes its name from Coombabah Lake and Coombabah Creek, which in turn are named using Bundjalung language, Ngaraangbal dialect words meaning place of the wood grubs, from the word goombo meaning teredo worm, which was a deliberately cultivated food source by the Indigenous people. [2] [3] [4]
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SS Myola was a 655-ton screw steamer, 55 metres long, built in Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom. Myola left Newcastle on 1 April 1919 bound for Sydney with a cargo of 675 tons of coal. Off Long Reef, the ship was hit by a large wave and the collier sank.
Coombabah State School is a public co-educational primary school located in the City of Gold Coast suburb of Coombabah, Queensland, Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is administered by the Department of Education , with an enrolment of 729 students and a teaching staff of 54, as of 2023. [ 2 ]
The huge cost overrun on the second section, along with the financial depression of the early 1890s, delayed the Cairns Railway's extension to Herberton. The contract for section three (Myola to Granite Creek/Mareeba) was awarded to Alexander McKenzie & Co. in early 1891 (Robb's tender failed) and this section was opened on 1 August 1893. [31]