27-630: Download coordinates as: Elimbah is a rural town and locality in the City of Moreton Bay , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of Elimbah had a population of 4,290 people. Elimbah is located north of the larger centre of Caboolture , and south of Beerburrum . Elimbah has the following mountains: The Bruce Highway passes from south to north through the locality. Further west, Beerburrum Road also runs through from south to north. Glass House Mountains Road (Steve Irwin Way) passes through
54-479: A special education program. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 437 students with 35 teachers (30 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent). There is no secondary school in Elimbah. The nearest government secondary schools are Caboolture State High School and Tullawong State High School, both in neighbouring Caboolture to the south. Elimbah is a serene residential hinterland town on
81-629: A church was being constructed, with Elimbah Methodist Church opening in 1954. With the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Elimbah Uniting Church. Today Elimbah is a rural hinterland town and relies on its local agricultural practices of livestock farming and strawberry breeding . In the 2016 census , Elimbah recorded a population of 3,963 people, 48.7% female and 51.3% male. The median age of
108-537: A rock collapse from the caves area across the main tourist track and was reopened January 2016. Tibrogargan and Ngungun are open to the public for bushwalking and climbing. The Beerwah and Tibrogargan mountains are culturally significant and are sacred to the local Jinibara and Kabi Kabi people. Mt Beerwah is considered the mother of the range and is considered so sacred to the Gubi Gubi, that stories about it are not discussed. Both local groups ask visitors not to climb
135-400: A tourist asset. Historically bushwalking and climbing has been undertaken for more than a century. However the two largest mountains have been closed by National Parks in recent years. Firstly, Coonowrin was closed in 1999 as a result of a geological report and the development of an adjacent rock quarry. Secondly, the walking track used to access Mt Beerwah was closed in 2009 as the result of
162-632: Is Mount Beerwah at 556 metres above sea level, but the most identifiable of all the hills is Mount Tibrogargan which from certain angles bears a resemblance to a gorilla facing east towards the ocean. The Glass House Mountains are located near Beerburrum State Forest and Steve Irwin Way. From Brisbane, the mountains can be reached by following the Bruce Highway north and taking the Glass House Mountains tourist drive turn-off onto Steve Irwin Way. The trip
189-399: Is about one hour from Brisbane. The Volcanic peaks of the Glass House Mountains rise dramatically from the surrounding Sunshine Coast landscape. They were formed by intrusive plugs, remnants of volcanic activity that occurred 26–27 million years ago. Molten rock filled small vents or intruded as bodies beneath the surface and solidified into land rocks. Millions of years of erosion have removed
216-600: Is at 10a Coronation Drive. Elimbah Uniting Church is at 3 Coronation Drive ( 27°00′45″S 152°56′39″E / 27.0124°S 152.9442°E / -27.0124; 152.9442 ( Elimbah Uniting Church ) ). It is part of the Moreton Rivers Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia . St Mary Magdalene Orthodox Christian Mission is part of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and
243-478: Is believed to have occurred due to fracturing . Mt Ngungun consists of subvolcanic rock , also known as a hypabyssal rock , an intrusive rock emplaced at medium-to-shallow depths within the crust and has intermediate grain size, and often porphyritic texture between that of volcanic and plutonic rocks. Each of the peaks is protected within the Glass House Mountains National Park . Some of
270-516: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Glasshouse Mountains The Glass House Mountains are a cluster of thirteen hills that rise abruptly from the coastal plain on the Sunshine Coast , Queensland , Australia . The highest hill
297-419: The 2016 census , the locality of Elimbah had a population of 3,963 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Elimbah had a population of 4,290 people. Elimbah State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at School Road ( 27°00′46″S 152°56′33″E / 27.0127°S 152.9424°E / -27.0127; 152.9424 ( Elimbah State School ) ). It includes
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#1733084884275324-572: The Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
351-490: The Beerwah and Tibrogargan mountains out of respect for the mountains' sacred values and have been calling for a ban publicly since the mid-1990s. In the Gubi Gubi tradition, climbing Mt Beerwah brings bad luck. The Beerwah and Tibrogargan mountains require some climbing ability and scrambling to reach the summit. Several climbers have fallen to their death. More than 110 rescues have been undertaken to save stricken climbers in
378-419: The Elimbah population was 39 years, two years older than the national median. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population. 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 3.9% and New Zealand 3.7%. 90.1% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 30.6%, Catholic 21.5% and Anglican 17.3%.In
405-579: The Philippines . It meets in the Uniting Church. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of
432-473: The area as the "place of the grey water snake". The town was originally a campsite known as The Six Mile when it became a resting place for horses and bullocks . In 1890, with the breakthrough of the North Coast railway line, it became known as "36miles 68chains". On 20 September 1902, at the urging of local residents, it was officially named Elimbah. Elimbah State School opened on 3 November 1915. The school
459-479: The cores of volcanoes 26–27 million years ago. The source of the lava was from the East Australia hotspot . The cores of the hills contain columns of comendite from lava which cools quickly into a hard rock. The surrounding softer rocks have been eroded in the subsequent time, forming the spectacular volcanic plugs that remain today. The peaks' location relative to each other exhibits an alignment that
486-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
513-462: The north-east corner. The North Coast railway line also passes from south to north through the locality, roughly parallel to the highway. The town is served by Elimbah railway station ( 27°00′40″S 152°56′45″E / 27.0110°S 152.9459°E / -27.0110; 152.9459 ( Elimbah railway station ) ). The traditional owners of Elimbah were the Kabi people , who called
540-483: The northern outskirts of Caboolture, set near an extent of pine forests. It sits within close access to the southern Glasshouse Mountains with bushwalking treks to the 120m-high Mt. Saddleback. A couple of rural tourist attractions in Elimbah include an interactive animal farm and the Big Strawberry, one of Elimbah's big things, where strawberry picking is a seasonal farming activity. Elimbah Soldiers Memorial Hall
567-586: The past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and
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#1733084884275594-578: The peaks display vertical columns, particularly Mount Coonowrin, Mount Ngungun and Mount Beerwah at the Organ Pipes. These columns are the result of lava contraction. Scattered throughout the hills are shallow caves which have been formed by wind erosion on rocks that were softened by groundwater. The peaks are culturally significant to the traditional owners , the Gubbi Gubbi people and the Jinibara people. To
621-643: The south east of the Glass House Mountains township is an Aboriginal bora ring . The names of each mountain in the range are: The Glass House Mountains are located in the traditional lands of the Jinibara and Gubbi Gubbi people . First Nations Australians have an elaborate legend about the mountains. Mt Beerwah in particular has extreme significance to the Jinibara People, with sites used as birthing areas by Indigenous women. The mountains are managed by Queensland National Parks and are promoted as
648-493: The surrounding exteriors of volcanic cores and softer sandstone rock. On 17 May 1770, the hills were named the "Glass House Mountains" by explorer Lieutenant James Cook . The peaks reminded him of the glass furnaces in his home county of Yorkshire . The traditional names of the individual peaks are much older however. Matthew Flinders explored the area and climbed Mount Beerburrum after sailing along Pumicestone Passage in 1799. The Glass House Mountains National Landscape
675-575: The term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in
702-612: Was added to the Australian National Heritage List on 3 August 2006. In the land between the peaks, pineapple and poultry farming, as well as commercial forestry and quarrying are the main land uses. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Glass House Mountains was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "Natural attraction". The range was formed as molten lava cooled to form hard rock in
729-530: Was officially opened on Australia Day in 1916. Fundraising for Elimbah Hall began in 1915 and dedicated to returned servicemen on ANZAC Day , 25 April 1922. Twin View State School opened on 4 January 1921 and closed in October 1924. The building was then relocated to Wamuran to be the new school building for Wamuran State School. The Methodist Church purchased 3 blocks of land in Elimbah in 1913. In 1953,
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