Eagle Heights, Queensland

Eagle Heights
Queensland
Eagle Heights
Coordinates 27°54′38″S 153°12′06″E / 27.91056°S 153.20167°E / -27.91056; 153.20167Coordinates: 27°54′38″S 153°12′06″E / 27.91056°S 153.20167°E / -27.91056; 153.20167
Population 2,702 (2006 census)[1]
Established 1875
Postcode(s) 4271
LGA(s) Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s) Beaudesert
Federal Division(s) Wright

Eagle Heights is a town (and former suburb) on Tamborine Mountain in South East Queensland, Australia.[2] At the 2006 census, Eagle Heights had a population of 2,702.[1]

History

The town is home to the Gold Coast hinterland's oldest remaining church. The St Andrew's Wesleyan Church on Long Road was built in 1880.[3]

Eagle Heights Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1926).[4]

Formerly a suburb in its own right, in 1997, Eagle Heights was merged with other former suburbs North Tamborine and Mount Tamborine to create the larger locality of Tamborine Mountain.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Eagle Heights (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Eagle Heights - town (entry 11001)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. p. 15. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
  4. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Eagle Heights". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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