Headington Hill is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Headington Hill had a population of 87 people.

Geography

The

Gatton–Clifton Road Gatton–Clifton Road is a continuous road route in the Lockyer Valley and Toowoomba regions of Queensland, Australia. Most of the road is signed as State Route 80. Gatton–Clifton Road (number 313) is a state-controlled road, part regiona ...

runs through from north to south-west.

History

Queensland State Archives 2401 The Stables and windmill at Headington Hill 1897

The locality was probably named after a large freehold estate called Headington Hill established by George Henry Davenport (1831–1881). The original

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is to the north-east of

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, England. Davenport's father, George Francis Davenport, would have known it well, as he was the brother of John Marriott Davenport, who lived in Davenport House at the summit of Headington Hill above Oxford. St Peter's Lutheran Church opened on Sunday 25 May 1902 on land donated by Johann Gottfried Paech. The timber church had a porch and a domed ceiling and was and high. It was built by contractor Alfred Morton of Clifton. It was on Carey's Road (). It closed in 1941. It was dismantled and its materials were used in the construction of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in

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. A small churchyard cemetery remains on the site. 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, but evident closed again, as it reopened in 1946 after a closure of a "number of years". It closed permanently in 1958. It was within the present-day boundaries of Nevilton. McGovern's Hill State School opened on 11 July 1912 but was renamed Headington Hill State School later that year. It closed in 1967. The school was located on the south-east corner of Gatton Clifton Road and McGovern Road ().

Demographics

In the , Headington Hill had a population of 58 people. In the , Headington Hill had a population of 87 people.

Education

There are no schools in Headington Hill. The nearest government schools are Pilton State School in neighbouring Pilton to the north-east and Clifton State School in neighbouring Clifton to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Clifton State High School, also in Clifton. There is also a Catholic primary school in Clifton.

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