Eagle Heights, Queensland

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Eagle Heights
Queensland
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Eagle Heights
Coordinates 27°54′38″S153°12′07″E / 27.9106°S 153.2019°E / -27.9106; 153.2019 (Eagle Heights (town centre)) Coordinates: 27°54′38″S153°12′07″E / 27.9106°S 153.2019°E / -27.9106; 153.2019 (Eagle Heights (town centre))
Established1875
Postcode(s) 4272
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s) Scenic Rim
Federal Division(s) Wright

Eagle Heights is a town within the locality of Tamborine Mountain in South East Queensland, Australia. [1] [2]

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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]

At the 2006 census, Eagle Heights had a population of 2,702. [6]

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References

  1. "Eagle Heights – town (entry 11001)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. "Eagle Heights – neighbourhood (entry 39776)". 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. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  5. "Eagle Heights". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Eagle Heights (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 May 2011.