Headington Hill, Queensland

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]

Headington Hill
Queensland
Headington Hill is located in Queensland
Headington Hill
Headington Hill
Coordinates27.9152°S 152.03°E / -27.9152; 152.03 (Headington Hill (centre of locality))
Population58 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.266/km2 (3.28/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4361
Area45.8 km2 (17.7 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Condamine
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Headington Hill:
Nevilton Manapouri Pilton
Missen Flat Headington Hill Upper Pilton
Clifton Spring Creek Spring Creek

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. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Headington Hill (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Headington Hill – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47966)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Papers of the Davenport family" (PDF). State Library of South Australia.
  4. "Davenport House, Headington Hill, Oxford". Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  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. "Parish of Clifton and Tabletop" (Map). Queensland Government. 1942. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  7. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. Headington Hill, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

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