1901     Australia becomes a nation and Qld, previously a colony, is now a state.

1903    Maleny Co-operative Dairy Association starts operation.

1903    Weekly half-day holiday introduced for Sunshine Coast workers.

1903     Montville School of Arts building opens.

1905    Gold discovered in Conondale Range by an indigenous person, Andrew Ball.

1912    The shires of Landsborough, Kilcoy and Caboolture form.

1914    The first picture show is screened in the Montville School of Arts hall.

1918    Sheep farming experiment starts at Beerburrum Soldier Settlement – it fails due to dingoes.

1919    Schools close because of influenza and diphtheria; children's throats are swabbed with kerosene.

1928    Bert Hinkler passes Caloundra on his England to Australia flight.

1929    Landsborough Shire bans bullock teams on council roads.

1930    First aircraft to land in Maleny is a Gypsy Moth.

1933    Maleny Show postponed until 1935 because of the Great Depression.

1937    A fashionable Spanish-style bathing pavilion is built at Kings Beach.

1938    English replaces German in Lutheran church services at Witta.

1941    A street parade is held in Caloundra for sailors of the US fleet.

1944    Nambour becomes central control for prisoner of war groups, providing labourers for farms.

1947    Caloundra Topic, first Caloundra Newspaper, is published.

1952    Sir Raphael Cilento donates 10.5ha to Maroochy Shire Council for a park.

1952   Police Station at Maleny established.

1952    Wildhorse Fire Tower in the parish of Beerwah is built.

1963    Sir Raphael Cilento unveils Flinders Memorial at Tibrogargan Creek, Glass House Mountains.

1970    Mapleton/Flaxton to Montville road opens.

1974    The great Beerburrum mail robbery.    At the time, it was the largest mail robbery in Australia.

1974    Chenrezig Institute, a centre for Buddhist study, meditation and retreat, opens at Eudlo.

1983    Sunshine Coast rescue helicopter moves to its permanent home at Maroochydore Airport.

1985    Inaugural race meeting is held at Corbould Park, Caloundra.

1986    Maroochy Airport's first 737 flight touches down.

1987    Mike Ahern, the member for Landsborough, becomes Queensland Premier.

1994    1000 people evacuated in the Glass House Mountains area during severe bushfires.

1999    Sunshine Coast University College officially opens.

2000    First police station and council public library for Beerwah opens.