Glass House Mountains, Queensland

Glass House Mountains
Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Glass House Mountains
Coordinates 26°53′52.8″S 152°57′3.6″E / 26.898000°S 152.951000°ECoordinates: 26°53′52.8″S 152°57′3.6″E / 26.898000°S 152.951000°E
Population
Postcode(s) 4518
Location
LGA(s) Sunshine Coast Region
County Canning
Parish Beerwah
State electorate(s) Glass House
Federal Division(s) Fisher
Localities around Glass House Mountains:
Commissioners Flat
Peachester		 Beerwah Coochin Creek
Woodford Glass House Mountains Coochin Creek
Woodford Beerburrum Beerburrum

Glass House Mountains (also spelled Glasshouse Mountains) is a hinterland town of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, named after the famous Glass House Mountains of the area. It is located approximately 64 kilometres (40 mi) north of Brisbane, belonging to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council local government area . Colloquially it is often known simply as "Glasshouse". At the 2011 census, Glass House Mountains had a population of 4,791.[2]

Many of the town's original foundations were built on sugarcane, pineapple and farming. The town also has a train station and a railway line that runs northwards towards Northern Queensland and southwards to Brisbane.

The original European farmers that settled in the area brought soccer with them, and it has remained a popular local sport. The soccer grounds were built mostly using resources donated by farmers.

The area was also used as a filming location for the movie Sinbad and The Minotaur, with Mount Coonowrin (Crookneck) (closed 1999), Mount Beerwah (closed 2009[3]), Mount Tibrogargan and Mount Ngungun being shown predominantly throughout the movie.

Heritage listings

Glass House Mountains has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Glass House Mountains (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Glass House Mountains (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/park-alerts/11629.html
  4. ↑ "Bankfoot House (entry 23750)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  5. ↑ "Glass House Mountains National Park and Beerburrum Forest Reserve 1 (entry 19618)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-14.

External links

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