Wongawallan is a rural

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in the

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Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the Wongawallan had a population of 1,273 people.

Geography

Wongawallan is mountainous terrain with most farming and residential development occurring the creek valleys. The hilltops are largely undeveloped. Mount Wongawallan is a mountain in the north-east of the locality () rising to above sea level. The main creeks are Wongawallan Creek and Tamborine Creek. Tamborine Creek joins Wongawallan creek at close to Welch Pioneer Park. Wongawallan Creek is a tributary of the

Coomera River The Coomera River is a perennial river located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. Its catchment lies within the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim Region local government areas and covers an area of . Course and features Rising in Lamin ...

; their confluence is in neighbouring

Maudsland Maudsland is a rural-residential locality in the north of the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Maudsland had a population of 5,568 people. Maudsland features acreage properties, a number of housing estates including acreage a ...

. The

Tamborine-Oxenford Road The Tamborine Mountain road network is a group of roads that provide access to the mountain community from various lowland localities. The network ensures continuity of access in times of flooding or other natural disasters, and during planned ma ...

is the main road to and through the locality.

History

The area was originally named Mount Goulburn after

Henry Goulburn Henry Goulburn PC FRS (19 March 1784 – 12 January 1856) was a British Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846. Background and education Born in London, Goulburn was the eldest son of a wealthy planter, Munbee ...

by surveyor Dixon. However, later it was renamed Wongawallan, believed to be an

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word where ''wonga'' means ''pigeon'' and ''walla'' means ''water''. However, it has been claimed that it was named after an

man nicknamed "Peter" who killed John Wilkinson, a settler, at Wongawallan Creek in 1876., but contemporaneous newspaper reports of the death of Wilkinson only refer to the Aboriginal man as "Peter". In the , Wongawallan had a population of 1,103 people. In the Wongawallan had a population of 1,273 people.

Heritage listings

There are a number of heritage-listed sites in Wongawallan, including: * Welch Pioneer Park, 881 Tamborine-Oxenford Road: Grave of Elizabeth WelchGold Coast Local Heritage Register - A to M, pp. 45-46

Education

There are no schools in Wongawallan. The nearest government primary schools are Highlands Reserve State School and

Upper Coomera State College Upper Coomera State College (UCSC), established in 2003, is a state school situated in the developing Coomera area in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is operated by Education Queensland The Department of Education is a ministerial ...

, both in neighbouring

Upper Coomera Upper Coomera is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Upper Coomera had a population of 25,276 people. Geography Upper Coomera is located on the northern side of the Gold Coast on the western side of the M1 Pa ...

to the east, and Tamborine Mountain State School in neighbouring

Tamborine Mountain Tamborine Mountain is a plateau and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Tamborine Mountain had a population of 7,506 people. Geography The plateau is a , . The name is from the of Yugumbir language of the Wanger ...

to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Upper Coomera State College in neighbouring Upper Coomera to the east and

Tamborine Mountain State High School Tamborine Mountain State High School (TMSHS) is a co-educational, state secondary school located on Tamborine Mountain, Queensland, Australia. Education Queensland has implemented an enrolment catchment area for Tamborine Mountain State High Sch ...

in neighbouring Tamborine Mountain to the south-east.

Amenities

There are a number of parks in the locality, including: * Cresthill Drive Reserve () * Eagle Heights Conservation Area () * Gladrose Reserve () * Hayes Park () * Howard Creek Reserve () * Lanes Park () * Pinnacle Park () * Solomon Lane Reserve () * Tamborine Creek Reserve () * Tamborine Oxenford Road Bend Reserve () * Tamborine Recreation Reserve () * Timberview Drive Reserve () * Timberview Drive Park () * Valley View Vista Park () * Walter Park () * Waterfall Drive Northern Park () * Waterfall Drive Southern Park () * Welch Pioneer Park () * Wongawallan Conservation Area () * Wongawallan Reserve () * Wongawallan Road Reserve () * Wongawallen Junction Reserve ()

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