Depot Hill, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Depot Hill

| state = qld

| image = FitzroyHotel2.jpg

| caption = Fitzroy Hotel in Depot Hill, 2021

| coordinates = {{coord|-23.3947|150.5194|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Depot Hill (Centre of suburb)}}

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| pop = 995

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

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| postcode = 4700

| area = 3.1

| timezone = AEST

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| dist1 = 1

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| location1= Rockhampton CBD

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| lga = Rockhampton Region

| stategov = Rockhampton

| fedgov = Capricornia

| near-n = The Common

| near-ne = The Common

| near-e = Port Curtis

| near-se = Port Curtis

| near-s = Port Curtis

| near-sw = Allenstown

| near-w = Allenstown

| near-nw = Rockhampton CBD

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Depot Hill is a suburb of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|49352|Depot Hill|suburb in Rockhampton Region|access-date=27 January 2020}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Depot Hill had a population of 995 people.

Geography

File:SwampStore1.jpgDepot Hill is situated about one kilometre south of the Rockhampton central business district. It is considered a low socioeconomic area.{{Cite web|title = Household income {{!}} Rockhampton City and Depot Hill {{!}} profile.id|url = http://profile.id.com.au/rockhampton/household-income?WebID=200|website = profile.id.com.au|access-date = 2015-11-15|archive-date = 9 March 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210309034227/https://profile.id.com.au/rockhampton/household-income?WebID=200|url-status = live}} It also suffers extensively from flooding due to its proximity to the Fitzroy River and its height above sea level.{{Cite web|title = Fourth flood the final straw for Depot Hill's Grant Cox|url = http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/fourth-flood-the-final-straw/1737699/#/0|website = Rockhampton Morning Bulletin|access-date = 2015-11-15|archive-date = 17 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022134/http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/fourth-flood-the-final-straw/1737699/#/0|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|title = Data collectors say flood levee would see values will rise|url = http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/values-will-rise-not-water-flood-levee-depot-hill/2346946/|website = Rockhampton Morning Bulletin|access-date = 2015-11-15|archive-date = 17 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025640/http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/values-will-rise-not-water-flood-levee-depot-hill/2346946/|url-status = live}}

The North Coast railway line passes through the suburb from the south-west to the north-west with access to the Rockhampton Railway Workshops in the north of the suburb.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=11 March 2020}}

History

Depot Hill State School opened on 14 September 1920.{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}}

In 1932 the Wood Street Baptist Church opened at 10 Wood Street ({{Coord|-23.3906|150.5224|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Wood Street Baptist Church}}).{{Cite web|title=Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland}}{{Cite web|title=132 Wood Street Rockhampton|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1932-Wood-Street-Rockhampton.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland}}

On 13 March 1949 the Mary Immaculate Catholic Church was officially opened and blessed by Bishop Andrew Gerard Tynan. The church building had originally been the Catholic church at Westwood, but it was relocated to 81 Wood Street in Depot Hill ({{Coord|-23.3933|150.5183|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mary Immaculate Catholic Church (former)}}). The church has now closed and passed into private ownership.{{cite news|date=14 March 1949|title=NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH OPENED|page=6|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=27,367|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56897244|access-date=9 March 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309034236/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56897244|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Hughes|first=Wendy|date=12 June 2017|title=Queensland church conversions: Glam renovations, cool features, blank canvases|url=https://www.domain.com.au/news/queensland-church-conversions-glam-renovations-cool-features-blank-canvases-20170612-gwo2jq/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011041903/https://www.domain.com.au/news/queensland-church-conversions-glam-renovations-cool-features-blank-canvases-20170612-gwo2jq/|archive-date=11 October 2018|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Domain|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web|title=Mary Immaculate Catholic Church - Former|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/1551-mary-immaculate-catholic-church-former|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Churches Australia|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web|title=81 Wood Street, Depot Hill QLD 4700|url=https://www.domain.com.au/81-wood-street-depot-hill-qld-4700-2013344817|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Domain|language=en-au|archive-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824221614/https://www.domain.com.au/81-wood-street-depot-hill-qld-4700-2013344817}}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2006}}, Depot Hill had a population of 1,164.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC37855|name=Depot Hill (Rockhampton City) (State Suburb)|access-date=26 February 2008|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Depot Hill had a population of 1,064 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30488|name=Depot Hill|access-date=15 November 2015|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Depot Hill had a population of 1,032 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30836|name=Depot Hill (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Depot Hill had a population of 995 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30830|name=Depot Hill (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Heritage listings

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

380 Bolsover Street: Rockhampton Railway Workshops{{cite QHR|15558|Railway Workshops|600783|access-date=12 July 2013}}

Education

File:DepotSchool1.jpgDepot Hill State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at O'Connell Street ({{coord|-23.3959|150.5176|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Depot Hill State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|publisher=Queensland Government|date=9 July 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|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|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.depohillss.eq.edu.au|title=Depot Hill State School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=26 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326154543/http://www.depohillss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 47 students with 4 teachers and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}}

In 2020 the school was expected to mark its 100th anniversary with special centenary celebrations but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festivities were postponed to 2021.{{cite news|last=Pearce|first=Matthew|date=16 September 2021|title=School celebrates centenary |url=https://cqtoday.com.au/news/2021/09/16/school-celebrates-centenary|url-access=limited|work=CQ Today|publisher=Star News Group|location= |access-date=18 September 2021}} A special weekend of festivities commenced on 17 September 2021 with a special dinner at a hotel in Allenstown. Celebrations at the school were held the following day which included market stalls, memorabilia displays, classroom tours and a special roll call of former students. Local state MP Barry O'Rourke also officially opened the school's new multipurpose court.

In 2021, the school had an enrolment of 58 students.

There is no secondary school in Depot Hill; the nearest state high school is Rockhampton State High School in Wandal. The nearest private secondary school is The Cathedral College in Allenstown.

References

External links

{{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/depot-hill|title=Depot Hill|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}

Category:Suburbs of Rockhampton