Eagle Heights, Queensland Explained

Type:town
Eagle Heights
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.9106°N 153.2019°W
Established:1875
Postcode:4271[1]
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Scenic Rim Region
Stategov:Scenic Rim

Eagle Heights is a town within the locality of Tamborine Mountain in South East Queensland, Australia.[2] [3]

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.[4]

Eagle Heights Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1926).[5]

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.[6]

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

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Notes and References

  1. https://auspost.com.au/postcode/eagle-heights Eagle Heights Postcode
  2. 31 January 2016.
  3. 31 January 2016.
  4. Book: Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) . Heritage Trails of the Great South East . Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) . 2000 . State of Queensland . 0-7345-1008-X . 15 .
  5. Web site: Phoenix Auctions History . Post Office List . Phoenix Auctions . 21 February 2021 . 13 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613081616/http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&filter=%2AEagle%2AHeights%2A . live .
  6. Web site: Eagle Heights. Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. 31 January 2016. 2 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160302194042/http://queenslandplaces.com.au/eagle-heights. live.