Pomona

Pomona is a town located at the base of Mt Cooroora at the southern end of the Wide Bay Electorate. It was originally called Pinbarren siding and was renamed Pomona in 1906 after the Roman goddess of fruit and orchards. Pomona is 166 kilometres north of Brisbane, and approximately 30 minutes driving time from Noosa Heads.

Pomona was settled by Europeans in the late 1880s. The railway to Pomona was opened in 1891 and the town became the administrative centre of the Noosa Shire in 1909.

Pomona is notable for two things: the heritage-listed Majestic Theatre and the annual King of the Mountain race up nearby Mount Cooroora The Majestic, built in 1921, is claimed to be the world’s oldest continuously operating silent movie theatre built for that purpose.  The Majestic has been a community-owned enterprise since October 2006

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