Eagle Heights, Queensland

Town in Queensland, Australia

27°54′38″S 153°12′07″E / 27.9106°S 153.2019°E / -27.9106; 153.2019 (Eagle Heights (town centre))Established1875Postcode(s)4271^[1]Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)LGA(s)Scenic Rim RegionState 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]

References

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