Upper Tenthill, Queensland

Upper Tenthill is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Upper Tenthill had a population of 234 people.[1]

Upper Tenthill
Queensland
Rural landscape, 2022
Upper Tenthill is located in Queensland
Upper Tenthill
Upper Tenthill
Coordinates27.6572°S 152.2163°E / -27.6572; 152.2163 (Upper Tenthill (centre of locality))
Population234 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density9.51/km2 (24.64/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4343
Area24.6 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Upper Tenthill:
Ma Ma Creek Lower Tenthill Lower Tenthill
Mount Whitestone Upper Tenthill Ropeley
Caffey Caffey Ingoldsby

Geography

Tenthill Creek forms part of the southern boundary before flowing through to form a small part of the northern boundary. Wonga Creek forms a small part of the southern boundary on its way to join the Tenthill.[3]

Tenthill is a neighbourhood on the Ingoldsby Road (27.6666°S 152.2333°E / -27.6666; 152.2333 (Tenthill)).[4]

History
Tenthill Upper State School, 2022

The name Tenthill is comes from the name of a pastoral property established by 1845 by Phillip Friell.[4]

Tent Hill Upper State School opened on 27 August 1877; it closed on 31 December 2002.[5][6] It was at 51 Upper Tenthill School Road (27.6574°S 152.2265°E / -27.6574; 152.2265 (Upper Tent Hill State School (former))).[7][8][9]

Congregational services were initially held in the home of F.C. Kingston, the manager of the T.B. Cribb's Upper Tenthill property. In June 1881 the congregation called for tenders the construction of the Tenthill Congregational Church on land donated by James Logan.[10] The plans and specification were prepared at no charge by Mr. A MacGregor of Ipswich and it was constructed by Mr H. Percy for £78 10s. The church was 28 by 16 feet (8.5 by 4.9 m) and opened on 18 December 1881.[11] It closed in November 1979. It was relocated to the Gatton Historical Village on 19 August 1984 where it was restored and rededicated on Sunday 4 November 1984.[12] It is used as a wedding chapel.[13]

Tenthill Baptist Church erected in 1951, as seen in 2022

A Baptist congregation had formed by 1881.[14] In 1902, a Baptist church opened in Tent Hill.[15][16] A new church was built in 1951.[17]

In the 1980s, Australian country music singer-songwriter Stan Coster held his Stan Coster Show at the Tenthill Hotel to crowds too large to be accommodated in the hotel.[18][19] Following his death in 1997, a memorial to Coster was unveiled by Bob Katter at the Tenthill Hotel Carpark on Saturday 27 May 2000.[20]

In the 2016 census, Upper Tenthill had a population of 234 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Upper Tenthill. The nearest government primary schools are:[9]

  • Ropeley State School in neighbouring Ropeley to the east
  • Mount Sylvia State School in Mount Sylvia to the south
  • Mount Whitestone State School in neighbouring Mount Whitestone to the west
  • Ma Ma Creek State School in neighbouring Ma Ma Creek to the north-west

The nearest government secondary school is Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the north-east.[9]

Amenities

Tenthill Baptist Church is at 979 Tenthill Creek Road (27.6337°S 152.2173°E / -27.6337; 152.2173 (Tenthill Baptist Church)).[17][21]

Attractions
Stan Coster memorial, 2006

There is a monument to Australian country music singer-songwriter Stan Coster at the Tenthill Hotel Carpark, 220 Mount Sylvia Road (27.6344°S 152.2142°E / -27.6344; 152.2142 (Stan Coster monument)).[22]

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tenthill, Queensland and Upper Tenthill, Queensland.
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  4. "Tenthill – locality unbounded in Lockyer Valley Regional (entry 33720)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  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. "Queensland state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government. 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. "Parish of Tenthill" (Map). Queensland Government. 1960. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  8. "9342-42 Mount Sylvia" (Map). Queensland Government. 2004. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  9. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  10. "Advertising". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. Vol. XXI, no. 2940. Queensland, Australia. 16 June 1881. p. 2. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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  13. "Gatton & District Historical Society". www.luvyalockyer.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  14. "TENT HILL BAPTIST ANNIVERSARY". Queensland Times. No. 18, 845. Queensland, Australia. 30 April 1947. p. 8 (DAILY). Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. "Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening". Baptist Church Archives Queensland. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  16. "1902 Tent Hill". Baptist Church Archives Queensland. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  17. Blake, Thom. "Tenthill Baptist Church (1951)". Queensland religious places database. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  18. "Annual Tenthill Turnout celebrates legacy of Stan Coster". Gatton, Lockyer and Brisbane Valley Star. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  19. "Stan Coster". Monument Australia. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  20. "Stan Coster". Monument Australia. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  21. "Home". Tenthill Baptist Church. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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