Historic dates
- 1866
- Timber getters began felling timber in Kin Kin Scrubs
- 1869
- Sawmill contructed and operated at Mill Point
- 1870
- Logging of Cooloola's sandmass forests begun
- 1871
- Settlement at Mill Point established
- 1874
- School opened
- 1878
- Telephone connection and plans announced to lay four miles of railway to be pulled by horses or small traction engine.
- 1892
- Mill closed. Cemetery contained 10 men, 4 women and 33 children.
- 1910 - 1970
- Development of grazing and dairy industries.
- 1963
- Beginning of "Cooloola Conflict" with Noosa Parks Development Association opposing sand mining operations along Teewah Beach.
- 1964
- Cudgen Rutile Pty Ltd is joined by Queensland Titanium Mines Pty Ltd to continue prospecting and applying for leases.
- NPDA applies to Forestry Department for National Park on Cooloola sandmass
- 1966
- QTM begins mining at Inskip Point.
- Commonwealth Government calls tenders to mine Double Island Point.
- 1968
- Government makes first National Park proposal for 1000 acres along top of sandmass.
- Commonwealth Government again calls tenders to mine Double Island Point.
- 1969
- Forestry Department proposes National Park of about 60 000 acres in Cooloola State Forest.
- Government promises National Park covering 'a substantial area'.
- 1970
- Cudgen Rutile and Qld Titanium Mines apply for 11 leases totalling 10 500 acres.
- Government rejects applications following public concern. Both mining companies threaten to sue Government.
- Cooloola Committee formed to handle actions in Brisbane.
- 1971
- Boronia keysii is re-discovered in Kin Kin Creek area.
- 1972
- Road to Freshwater is built.
- 1973
- Mining of leases between Double Island Point and Freshwater Creek commences.
- Separation plant and stockpile at Freshwater Creek.
- Mineral trucked down beach to Tewantin.
- 1974
- Plan of proposed Cooloola National Park is published.
- Central State Forest core and Western Catchment not included.
- Cooloola Committee presses for inclusion of Western Catchment and undertakes botanical survey of area.
- Cambridge Credit Corporation, owner of Elanda Plains and of about 2 000 acres on North Shore goes into liquidation.
- 1975
- National Parks and Wildlife Service formed out of National Parks branch of Forestry Department and the Fauna branch of the DPI.
- Australian Government buys Elanda Plains for National Parks and Wildlife Service.
- Cooloola National Park is gazetted one month after Widgee Shire Council obtains pumping rights to remove 1.2 million gallons of water daily from Teewah Creek (within park boundaries).
- 1977
- mining ceases on leases on Teewah Beach.
- 1978
- National Parks and Wildlife Service re-routes Freshwater road.
- 1979
- land owned by Cambredge Credit Corporation of North Shore (1 400 acres put up for sale and is bought up by southern land developers). Land included Portion 5 (fronting Noosa River and Lake Cooroibah), Portions 1728 and 391 (centred around Halls Knob) and Portion 17 further south.
- Portions 1728 and 391 sold, followed by Portion 17, to southern developers and Arab investors.
- National Parks and Wildlife Services releases management plan for public comment.
- 1980
- Australian Heritage Commission places Cooloola on Register of the National Estate.