Our Sister Cities
The roots for Sister Cities here on the Sunshine Coast were first
established in 1991 when representatives from the then Maroochy Shire
Council attended their very first Australian Sister Cities Association
Annual Conference. Following a meeting of business, tourism, industrial
and sporting representatives was formed a Steering Committee to
establish a community based association.
In 1993 the village of
March in Cambridgeshire, England ( Fenland County Council) was
identified as a potential Sister City, based on the heroics of a local
World war Two pilot, Jim Hocking who had sacrificed his own life in
saving the village and countless lives.
Then in 1995 Council
further identified Xiamen in China and Tatebayashi in Japan as being
potentially beneficial Sister City links. In July of 1997 a Civic
Delegation was approved to Xiamen, Fenland and Tatebayashi to promote
trade and investment opportunities and full Sister City relationships
between September 10 and October 1 1997.
Then in late 2005
consideration was first given to establishing links with Mont Dore in
New Caledonia and Izumisano in Japan. Both have progressed steadily
since that time.
Click on the links below to visit each of our sister city pages...