:Forest Hill, Queensland

The town is located {{convert|83|km|mi}} west of the state capital, Brisbane and {{convert|53|km|mi}} east of the regional centre of Toowoomba.

Forest Hill railway station is an abandoned railway station on the Main Line railway ({{coord|-27.5880|152.3560|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Forest Hill railway station}}).{{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

There is an aircraft landing ground between Gatton Laidley Road and the railway line ({{coord|-27.6050|152.3726|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=helicopter landing ground}}).{{Cite web|date=22 October 2020|title=Heliports and landing grounds - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/1646c12e-0c31-42d3-a156-9891b01e938a|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116140611/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/1646c12e-0c31-42d3-a156-9891b01e938a|archive-date=16 November 2020|access-date=3 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

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In 1880, AJ Boyd purchased 975 acres (394.6 hectares) of land from the Queensland Government for reportedly five shillings an acre. The land was located approximately six kilometres south from the Main Line railway, towards Woodlands. Boyd named this property Forest Hill, after seeing Allan Cunningham's map of the region where he had marked "extensive indifferent forest ground". A stopping place was established on the Main Line railway to service the property called Boyd's Siding which later changed its name to Forest Hill.

File:StateLibQld 2 72203 First World War memorial monument in Forest Hill.jpgForest Hill was recorded as a railway station in 1881 and was located one kilometre east down the line from its later location. The railway station moved to its later location in 1886. In the 1920s, it was Queensland's largest produce loading centre. However, the increasing use of road transport for farm produce led to the railway station's closure on 3 July 1992. The main railway station was relocated to the Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway at Swanbank. The railway station waiting room was restored and relocated to Anzac Park (also known as Forest Hill Place) in Forest Hill.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-25 |title=Forest Hill Self Guided Tours |url=https://issuu.com/vinkpublishing/docs/foresthill_a5_ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Issuu |page=3 |language=en |archive-date=25 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025172559/https://issuu.com/vinkpublishing/docs/foresthill_a5_ |url-status=live }}

The first Forest Hill Post Office opened on 1 February 1890 at the railway station (replacing a receiving office named Forest Hill Siding open since 1889).{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD& | url-status = live }} The office moved to its current site at 40 Victoria Street on 7 January 1908.{{cite book | author = Forest Hill District | title = Celebrating 100 Years | publisher = Forest Hill State School Centenary Committee | date = 1993 | isbn=0-646-14752-8}}{{Cite web|title=Forest Hill Post Office, Gift Shop & Cafe 4342|url=https://www.luvyalockyer.com.au/accommodation/forest-hill-post-office-gift-shop-cafe-4342|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116131745/https://www.luvyalockyer.com.au/forest-hill-post-office-gift-shop-cafe-4342|archive-date=2020-11-16|access-date=2020-11-16|website=Lockyer Valley Visitor Information Centre|language=en-au}}

Forest Hill Provisional School opened on 23 January 1893, becoming a state school in 1899.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}}{{cite QSA Agency|5222|Forest Hill State School|26 May 2014}}

St Thomas's Anglican Church was dedicated on 2 August 1903 by Archdeacon Arthur Evan David. Its closure on 3 May 2005 was approved by Assistant Bishop Rob Nolan.{{Cite web|title=Closed Churches|url=https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/|archive-date=3 April 2019|access-date=24 February 2019|website=Anglican Church of Southern Queensland}}

Forest Hill was once home to five hotels, a hospital, a bakery and butcher, and was the largest rail freight hub for agricultural produce in Queensland.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

The Forest Hill War Memorial was erected to commemorate those in the district who had died or served in World War I. It was unveiled by five mothers of deceased soldiers on 26 March 1921.{{cite web|title=Forest Hill War Memorial|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/91415-forest-hill-war-memorial|publisher=Monument Australia|access-date=6 April 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407125015/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/91415-forest-hill-war-memorial|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121921684 |title=FOREST HILL SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL. |newspaper=Queensland Times (Ipswich) (Qld. : 1909 - 1954) |location=Ipswich, Qld. |date=29 March 1921 |access-date=6 April 2014 |page=4 Edition: DAILY. |publisher=National Library of Australia |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525213617/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/121921684 |url-status=live }}

During the 2010–11 Queensland floods, much of the population of Forest Hill was required to be evacuated by helicopter to nearby Gatton to avoid rapidly rising floodwaters.{{cite news|last=Milovanovic|first=Selma|title=Brisbane braces for flood disaster|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/brisbane-braces-for-flood-disaster-20110111-19moq.html|access-date=11 January 2011|newspaper=Brisbane Times|date=11 January 2011|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525213659/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/brisbane-braces-for-flood-disaster-20110111-19moq.html|url-status=live}}

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In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Forest Hill had a population of 968 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31073|name=Forest Hill (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}50px Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=16 October 2017 }}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Forest Hill had a population of 935 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31063|name=Forest Hill (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:The Lockyer Hotel in 2012.JPG

File:Forest Hill War Memorial, after Anzac Day, 2024.jpg

Forest Hill has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Forest Hill State School, 15 Church Street{{cite QHR||Forest Hill State School|602851|access-date=23 December 2017}}
• Forest Hill War Memorial, Gordon Street{{cite QHR|15424|Forest Hill War Memorial|600649|access-date=10 July 2013}}
• Lockyer Hotel, Victoria Street{{cite QHR|15425|Lockyer Hotel|600650|access-date=10 July 2013}}
• Queensland National Bank, 3 Victoria Street{{cite QHR|15426|Shop, 3 Victoria Street, Forest Hill|600651|access-date=10 July 2013}}
• Forest Hill Hotel, 38 William Street{{cite QHR|15427|Forest Hill Hotel|600652|access-date=10 July 2013}}

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Forest Hill State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 15 Church Street ({{coord|-27.5905|152.3543|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Forest Hill State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-09 |title=Forest Hill State School |url=https://foresthillss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Forest Hill State School |language=en}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 137 students with 10 teachers (9 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|access-date=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}

There is no secondary school in Forest Hill. The nearest secondary schools are Laidley State High School in Laidley to the south-east and Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the west.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=16 November 2020}}

File:Waiting room from the former Forest Hill railway station, restored and placed in Anzac Park, Forest Hill, 2024 01.jpg

The former waiting room at Forest Hill railway station is in Anzac Park.

Forest Hill Post Office is at 40 Victoria Street ({{coord|-27.5901|152.3568|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Forest Hill Post Office}}).{{Cite web|date=22 October 2020|title=Community facilities - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023081052/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f|archive-date=23 October 2020|access-date=23 October 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web|title=Forest Hill LPO|url=https://auspost.com.au/locate/post-office/QLD/Forest-Hill/4342/Forest-Hill-LPO-437093|access-date=2020-11-16|website=Australia Post|language=en|archive-date=25 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525213614/https://auspost.com.au/locate/post-office/QLD/Forest-Hill/4342/Forest-Hill-LPO-437093|url-status=live}} It is also a cafe called Cafe 4342 (the postcode for the area) and gift shop.

St Joseph's Catholic Church is at 8-10 Hunt Street ({{Coord|-27.5882|152.3587|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Joseph's Catholic Church}}).{{Cite web |title=Our Churches |url=http://www.olv.org.au/our-churches.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205223116/http://www.olv.org.au/our-churches.html |archive-date=5 December 2020 |access-date=2021-02-17 |website=Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Parish |language=en}}

Forest Hill's Fire and Rescue Station is at 4 Williams Street beside the railway line ({{coord|-27.5888|152.3563|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Fire and Rescue Station}}).{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Emergency services facilities - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115100513/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b|archive-date=15 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

Forest Hill's State Emergency Service facilities are at 24 Railway Street beside Furley Park ({{coord|-27.5872|152.3557|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=State Emergency Service}}).

Despite the name, Forest Hill Cemetery is on Logan Road in neighbouring College View).{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Cemetery Areas - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115100513/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/2baca5c3-a111-4fbc-86c9-3b896884438b |archive-date=15 November 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}

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• {{Citation | author1=Forest Hill State School | title=Celebrating 100 years : Forest Hill district | publication-date=1993 | publisher=Forest Hill State School Centenary Committee | isbn=978-0-646-14752-9 }}

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• {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/forest-hill|title=Forest Hill|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
• {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-forest-hill-1975.jpg|title=Town map of Forest Hill|date=1975|publisher=Queensland Government}}

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