Upper Tenthill, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Upper Tenthill

| city =

| state = qld

| image = Rural landscape, Upper Tenthill, 2022.jpg

| caption = Rural landscape, 2022

| coordinates = {{coord|-27.6572|152.2163|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Upper Tenthill (centre of locality)}}

| pop = 273

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes =

| established =

| postcode = 4343

| area = 24.6

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 14.8

| dir1 = SW

| location1 = Gatton

| dist2 = 37.3

| dir2 = ESE

| location2 = Toowoomba

| dist3 = 106

| dir3 = WSW

| location3 = Brisbane

| dist4 =

| dir4 =

| location4 =

| lga = Lockyer Valley Region

| stategov = Lockyer

| fedgov = Wright

| near-n = Lower Tenthill

| near-ne = Lower Tenthill

| near-e = Ropeley

| near-se = Ingoldsby

| near-s = Caffey

| near-sw = Caffey

| near-w = Mount Whitestone

| near-nw = Ma Ma Creek

}}

Upper Tenthill is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|44994|Upper Tenthill|locality in Lockyer Valley Region|access-date=7 March 2022}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Upper Tenthill had a population of 273 people.

Geography

Tenthill Creek forms part of the southern boundary before flowing through to form a small part of the northern boundary. Wonga Creek forms a small part of the southern boundary on its way to join the Tenthill.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Upper+Tenthill+QLD+4343/@-27.6575209,152.1815559,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b96f1822539073b:0x400eef17f20e5c0!8m2!3d-27.6567511!4d152.2210022!5m1!1e4 |title=Upper Tenthill, Queensland |access-date=15 September 2021}}

Tenthill is a neighbourhood on the Ingoldsby Road ({{coord|-27.6666|152.2333|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Tenthill}}).{{cite QPN|33720|Tenthill|locality unbounded in Lockyer Valley Regional|access-date=7 March 2022}}

History

File:Tenthill Upper State School, 2022 01.jpg

The name Tenthill comes from the name of a pastoral property established by 1845 by Phillip Friell.

Tent Hill Upper State School opened on 27 August 1877; it closed on 31 December 2002.{{Citation |author1=Queensland Family History Society |title=Queensland schools past and present |publication-date=2010 |edition=Version 1.01 |publisher=Queensland Family History Society |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=7 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}} It was at 51 Upper Tenthill School Road ({{Coord|-27.6574|152.2265|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Upper Tent Hill State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Parish of Tenthill |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-tenthill-1960.jpg |access-date=6 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228095629/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-40chain-parish-tenthill-1960.jpg |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=9342-42 Mount Sylvia |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9342-42-mount-sylvia-ed-2-2004.jpg |access-date=6 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=6 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406120050/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9342-42-mount-sylvia-ed-2-2004.jpg |url-status=live }}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=6 April 2022}}

Congregational services were initially held in the home of F.C. Kingston, the manager of the T.B. Cribb's Upper Tenthill property. In June 1881 the congregation called for tenders the construction of the Tenthill Congregational Church on land donated by James Logan.{{cite news|date=16 June 1881|title=Advertising|volume=XXI|page=2|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=2940|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122870002|access-date=17 February 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217045925/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122870002|url-status=live}} The plans and specification were prepared at no charge by Mr. A MacGregor of Ipswich and it was constructed by Mr H. Percy for £78 10s. The church was {{Convert|28 by 16|ft}} and opened on 18 December 1881.{{cite news|date=15 December 1881|title=TEA-MEETING AT UPPER TENTHILL.|volume=XXII|page=3|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=3018|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122871245|access-date=17 February 2021|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217045916/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122871245|url-status=live}} It closed in November 1979. It was relocated to the Gatton Historical Village on 19 August 1984 where it was restored and rededicated on Sunday 4 November 1984.{{Cite web|title=Upper Tenthill Congregational Chapel - Former|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/congregational-fellowship-and-other/directory/4757-upper-tenthill-congregational-chapel-former|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Churches Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926121805/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/congregational-fellowship-and-other/directory/4757-upper-tenthill-congregational-chapel-former}} It is used as a wedding chapel.{{Cite web|title=Gatton & District Historical Society|url=https://www.luvyalockyer.com.au/accommodation/gatton-district-historical-society|access-date=2021-02-17|website=www.luvyalockyer.com.au|language=en-gb|archive-date=16 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416235625/https://www.luvyalockyer.com.au/accommodation/gatton-district-historical-society|url-status=live}}File:Tenthill Baptist Church, 2022.jpgA Baptist congregation had formed by 1881.{{cite news |date=30 April 1947 |title=TENT HILL BAPTIST ANNIVERSARY |page=8 (DAILY) |newspaper=Queensland Times |issue=18,845 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117666644 |via=National Library of Australia |accessdate=19 April 2022 |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418153222/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117666644 |url-status=live }} In 1902, a Baptist church opened in Tent Hill.{{Cite web|title=Queensland Baptist churches by date of erection/opening|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126074653/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/index.html}}{{Cite web|title=1902 Tent Hill|url=https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1902-Tent-Hill.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Baptist Church Archives Queensland|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126074508/https://www.bhsq.org/barq/churches100years/images/1902-Tent-Hill.html}} A new church was built in 1951.

In the 1980s, Australian country music singer-songwriter Stan Coster held his Stan Coster Show at the Tenthill Hotel to crowds too large to be accommodated in the hotel.{{Cite news |date=7 May 2015 |title=Annual Tenthill Turnout celebrates legacy of Stan Coster |work=Gatton, Lockyer and Brisbane Valley Star |url=https://www.gattonstar.com.au/news/tenthill-turnout-for-reminiscing/2629126/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723074254/https://www.gattonstar.com.au/news/tenthill-turnout-for-reminiscing/2629126/ |archive-date=23 July 2019}}{{Cite web |title=Stan Coster |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92851-stan-coster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016221545/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92851-stan-coster |archive-date=16 October 2022 |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Monument Australia}} Following his death in 1997, a memorial to Coster was unveiled by Bob Katter at the Tenthill Hotel Carpark on Saturday 27 May 2000.{{Cite web |title=Stan Coster |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92851-stan-coster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016221545/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92851-stan-coster |archive-date=16 October 2022 |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Monument Australia}}

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Upper Tenthill had a population of 234 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32949|name=Upper Tenthill (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Upper Tenthill had a population of 273 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32918|name=Upper Tenthill (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Education

There are no schools in Upper Tenthill. The nearest government primary schools are:

Ropeley State School in neighbouring Ropeley to the east
Mount Sylvia State School in Mount Sylvia to the south
Mount Whitestone State School in neighbouring Mount Whitestone to the west
Ma Ma Creek State School in neighbouring Ma Ma Creek to the north-west

The nearest government secondary school is Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the north-east.

Amenities

Tenthill Baptist Church is at 979 Tenthill Creek Road ({{Coord|-27.6337|152.2173|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Tenthill Baptist Church}}).{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Tenthill Baptist Church (1951) |url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=4734 |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Queensland religious places database |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418153212/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=4734 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://tenthillbaptist.com/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Tenthill Baptist Church |archive-date=13 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413095602/https://tenthillbaptist.com/ |url-status=live }}

Attractions

File:Stan Coster memorial, carpark of the Tenthill Hotel, 2006.jpg

There is a monument to Australian country music singer-songwriter Stan Coster at the Tenthill Hotel Carpark, 220 Mount Sylvia Road ({{Coord|-27.6344|152.2142|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Stan Coster monument}}).{{Cite web |title=Stan Coster |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92851-stan-coster |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Monument Australia |archive-date=16 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016221545/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/92851-stan-coster |url-status=live }}

References

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Category:Lockyer Valley Region

Category:Localities in Queensland