Eagle Heights
Queensland
Eagle Heights is located in Queensland
Eagle Heights
Eagle Heights
Coordinates27°54′38″S 153°12′07″E / 27.9106°S 153.2019°E / -27.9106; 153.2019 (Eagle Heights (town centre))
Established1875
Postcode(s)4271[1]
Time zoneAEST (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.[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.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Eagle Heights Postcode Archived 27 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine Australia Post
  2. ↑ "Eagle Heights – town (entry 11001)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eagle Heights – neighbourhood (entry 39776)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. p. 15. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
  5. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Eagle Heights (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  • "Eagle Heights". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.
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