Headington Hill, Queensland
| Headington Hill Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Headington Hill | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°54′55″S 152°01′48″E / 27.9152°S 152.03°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 58 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.266/km2 (3.28/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4361 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 45.8 km2 (17.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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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]
History[edit]
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″S 152°00′08″E / 27.90533°S 152.00231°E).[6][7]
In the 2016 census Headington Hill had a population of 58 people.[1]
Road infrastructure[edit]
The Gatton–Clifton Road runs through from north to south-west. [8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Headington Hill (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Headington Hill – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47966)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Papers of the Davenport family" (PDF). State Library of South Australia.
- ^ "Davenport House, Headington Hill, Oxford". Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ a b Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Parish of Clifton and Tabletop" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ Headington Hill, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
Further reading[edit]
- One hundred years of bush schools in and around the Pilton District : being a brief outline of education during that period, Pilton & District Citizens' Group, 1984 — includes Pilton Upper State School ; Hirstvale School ; Hirstglen School ; Manapouri School ; Headington Hill ; West Haldon ; Pilton State School