Headington Hill, Queensland

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Headington Hill
Queensland
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Headington Hill
Coordinates 27°54′55″S152°01′48″E / 27.9152°S 152.03°E / -27.9152; 152.03 (Headington Hill (centre of locality)) Coordinates: 27°54′55″S152°01′48″E / 27.9152°S 152.03°E / -27.9152; 152.03 (Headington Hill (centre of locality))
Population58 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density1.266/km2 (3.28/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4361
Area45.8 km2 (17.7 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s) Condamine
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Headington Hill:
Nevilton Manapouri Pilton
Missen Flat Headington Hill Upper Pilton
Clifton Spring Creek Spring Creek

Headington Hill is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census Headington Hill had a population of 58 people. [1]

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History

The locality was probably named after a large freehold estate belonging to the Davenport family. George Francis Davenport (1812–1849) emigrated from Oxfordshire in England to Australia in the 1840s with his brothers Robert and Stanley Davenport. [3] His son George Henry Davenport (1831–1881) inherited the estate.

The original Headington Hill is to the north-east of Oxford, England and George Francis Davenport would have known it well, as he was the brother of John Marriott Davenport, who lived in Davenport House [4] at the summit of Headington Hill above Oxford.

Headington Hill Provisional School opened on 11 May 1903. On 1 January 1909 it became Headington Hill State School. In 1910 it was renamed Nevilton State School. It closed in 1921. Nevilton State School reopened circa 1936 and closed in 1958. [5]

McGovern's Hill State School opened on 11 July 1912 but was renamed Headington Hill State School later that year. It closed in 1967. [5] The school was located on the south-east corner of Gatton Clifton Road and McGovern Road ( 27°54′19″S152°00′08″E / 27.90533°S 152.00231°E / -27.90533; 152.00231 (Headington Hill State School (former)) ). [6] [7]

In the 2016 census Headington Hill had a population of 58 people. [1]

Road infrastructure

The Gatton–Clifton Road runs through from north to south-west. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Headington Hill (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Headington Hill – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47966)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Papers of the Davenport family" (PDF). State Library of South Australia .
  4. ↑ "Davenport House, Headington Hill, Oxford". Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. 1 2 Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ↑ "Parish of Clifton and Tabletop" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. ↑ Headington Hill, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 March 2022.


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