Headington_Hill,_Queensland

Headington Hill, Queensland

Headington Hill, Queensland

Suburb of Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia

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]

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History

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 (27.90533°S 152.00231°E / -27.90533; 152.00231 (Headington Hill State School (former))).[6][7]

In the 2016 census Headington Hill had a population of 58 people.[1]

Road infrastructure

The Gatton–Clifton Road runs through from north to south-west. [8]

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Headington Hill (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "Headington Hill – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47966)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Papers of the Davenport family" (PDF). State Library of South Australia.
  4. [4]
    "Davenport House, Headington Hill, Oxford". Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. [5]
    Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. [6]
    "Parish of Clifton and Tabletop" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. [8]
    Headington Hill, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

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