Vinegar Hill, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Vinegar Hill
| city =
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.4661|152.26|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Vinegar Hill (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 57
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode =
| area = 64.6
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 8.8
| dir1 = NNW
| location1 = Gatton
| dist2 = 42.1
| dir2 = ENE
| location2 = Toowoomba CBD
| dist3 = 63.4
| dir3 = W
| location3 = Ipswich CBD
| dist4 = 101
| dir4 = W
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = Lockyer Valley Region
| stategov = Lockyer
| fedgov = Wright
| near-n = Buaraba South
| near-ne = Buaraba
| near-e = Spring Creek
| near-se = Adare
| near-s = Ringwood
| near-sw = Ringwood
| near-w = Seventeen Mile
| near-nw = Buaraba South
}}
Vinegar Hill is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|44996|Vinegar Hill|locality in Lockyer Valley Region|access-date=12 November 2018}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Vinegar Hill had a population of 57 people.
Geography
The locality presumably takes its name from the hill Vinegar Hill in the south-west of the locality ({{coord|-27.4766|152.2376|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Vinegar Hill}}) which rises to {{convert|391|m}} above sea level.{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|36066|Vinegar Hill|mountain in Lockyer Valley Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Most of the locality is within the Lockyer National Park which extends into neighbouring Seventeen Mile and Ringwood. There are two sections of the locality in the south and south-east not within the national park; the land use within these is predominantly grazing on native vegetation.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use; Sugarcane areas |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Vinegar Hill had a population of 57 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32980|name=Vinegar Hill (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Vinegar Hill had a population of 57 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32948|name=Vinegar Hill (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Vinegar Hill. The nearest government primary schools are Lake Claredon State School in Lake Claredon to the south-east, Gatton State School in Gatton to the south, and Helidon State School in Helidon to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Lockyer District State High School, also in Gatton.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
Vinegar Hill virus
The locality gives its name to the Vinegar Hill orthonairovirus, which is a tick-bourne. In 1981, the virus was isolated on the Australian mainland from a pool of five female Argasidae robertsi ticks collected from a rookery of the cattle egret (Bulbulcus ibis) in the Gatton area in December 1981.{{cite journal |vauthors=((Gauci, P. J.)), ((McAllister, J.)), ((Mitchell, I. R.)), ((Cybinski, D.)), ((St George, T.)), ((Gubala, A. J.)) |date=2017 |title=Genomic Characterisation of Vinegar Hill Virus, An Australian Nairovirus Isolated in 1983 from Argas Robertsi Ticks Collected from Cattle Egrets |journal=Viruses |publisher=MDPI AG |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=373-2 |doi=10.3390/v9120373 |issn=1999-4915 |doi-access=free}}