North Tamborine is a rural town in the locality of
Tamborine Mountain
Tamborine Mountain, also known simply as Mount Tamborine, is a plateau, geographic subregion and locality in the Scenic Rim Region of Queensland, Australia. In the , Tamborine Mountain had a population of 8,105 people.
Geography
The plate ...
in the
Scenic Rim Region
The Scenic Rim Region is a local government areas of Queensland, local government area (LGA) in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, South East Queensland, Australia, and is located approximately 80 kilometres due south of Brisban ...
,
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia.
Geography
North Tamborine is south of Brisbane,
and from the
Gold Coast.
Prior 2008, it was part of the
Beaudesert Shire
The Shire of Beaudesert was a local government area located in South East Queensland, Australia, stretching from the New South Wales border, along the Gold Coast hinterland to the urban fringes of the cities of Brisbane and Ipswich. The Shire ...
, in the Gold Coast hinterland.
History
Land in Tambourine North was first sold in 1875, with the first settler being John O' Callaghan.
Sugar-growing began in 1885, but soon after, a flood hit, which halted the industry.
Many early settlers grew maize and grazed dairy cattle.
The first guesthouse on the mountain was opened in 1889.
The town was connected by rail in 1915; the line closed in 1936.
A tourist road to the mountain was completed in 1924.
The road brought visitors to the area and the North Tamborine village became the centre for social and business activities. North Tamborine Post Office opened by 1922.
A section of
Tamborine National Park
Tamborine National Park is a protected area split between the City of Gold Coast and the Scenic Rim Region in South East Queensland, Australia, by road south of Brisbane.
It covers on the plateau of Tamborine Mountain and around its foothills ...
known as The Knoll protects forests found in the north of the suburb.
Formerly a suburb in its own right, in 1997, North Tamborine was merged with other former suburbs
Eagle Heights and
Mount Tamborine to create the larger
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localitie ...
of Tamborine Mountain.
Heritage listings
North Tamborine has a number of
heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In ma ...
sites, including:
*
Tamborine Mountain Road, Geissmann Drive
See also
*
Tamborine National Park
Tamborine National Park is a protected area split between the City of Gold Coast and the Scenic Rim Region in South East Queensland, Australia, by road south of Brisbane.
It covers on the plateau of Tamborine Mountain and around its foothills ...
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Towns in Queensland
Tamborine Mountain
Scenic Rim Region
Populated places established in 1875
1875 establishments in Australia