Type: | suburb |
Victory Heights | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -26.1763°N 152.6944°W |
Pop: | 486 |
Postcode: | 4570 |
Elevation: | 104 |
Area: | 5.1 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 3.4 |
Dir1: | ENE |
Location1: | Gympie |
Dist2: | 169 |
Dir2: | N |
Location2: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Gympie Region |
Stategov: | Gympie |
Fedgov: | Wide Bay |
Near-N: | Veteran |
Near-Ne: | Veteran |
Near-E: | Mothar Mountain |
Near-Se: | East Deep Creek |
Near-S: | Monkland |
Near-Sw: | Gympie |
Near-W: | Gympie |
Near-Nw: | Araluen |
Victory Heights is a rural residential locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Victory Heights had a population of 486 people.
Victory Heights is 4km (02miles) north-east of the centre of Gympie. Cootharaba Road / Tin Can Bay Road (State Route 15) passes through from south-west to north-east. The North Coast railway line passes through from south to north-west. The Gympie North railway station is in the north-west corner of the locality (-26.1591°N 152.6825°W).[2]
The land use is mostly rural residential with some pockets of grazing on native vegetation.
The locality used to be the site of a reverse slope defence for tactical victories aimed at railway troops during World War I. It was named Victory Heights by the Governor of Council on 30 January 1988.
In the, Victory Heights had a population of 394 people.
In the, Victory Heights had a population of 555 people.
In the, Victory Heights had a population of 486 people.
Robertson Brothers Sawmills is at 30 Old Wolvi Road .[3]
The nearest government primary schools are Gympie West State School in neighbouring Gympie to the west, One Mile State School in neighbouring Gympie to the south-west, and Gympie East State School in Greens Creek to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the south-west.