Glass House Mountains, Queensland

Advertising land sale in Glass House Mountains under the title "Pineapple Farms Beerwah", 1903

Land around the Glass House Mountains railway station was auctioned by the Queensland Government on Wednesday 28 October 1903. Most of the lots were about 5 acres (2.0 ha) intended for pineapple farms. The land was in the vicinity of the present-day town centre with Saraha Road, Buzaki Road, and Coonowrin Road shown (but unnamed) on the map provided. The district was referred to as Beerwah as it was within the parish of Beerwah (and not the present-day town of that same name).[1]

Glass Mountains Provisional School opened on 17 April 1906, but closed in 1907 due to low student numbers. It reopened as Glass Mountains State School on 31 October 1910. It was renamed Glass House Mountains State School in 1917, but returned to the name Glass Mountains State School in 1923. In 1935, it was renamed Glass House Mountains State School.[2]

All Saints' Anglican church was dedicated on 19 February 1939 by Archbishop William Wand.[3] It closed circa 1993.[4] The church building was sold for removal.[5]

Glasshouse Country Uniting Church opened its church at Beerwah on 16 December 2000. It was a result of the merger of the Glasshouse Uniting Church, Beerwah Uniting Church, Landsborough Uniting Church and Mooloolah Uniting Church.[6]

In August 2011, the remains of teenager Daniel Morcombe were found at Kings Road in Glass House Mountains. Morcombe had been missing, presumed murdered, since 2003 and his disappearance sparked a massive police investigation including a $1M reward.[7]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Glass House Mountains had a population of 5,065 people.[8]

^ "Advertising". The Telegraph. No. 9, 652. Queensland, Australia. 27 October 1903. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0 ^ "Archbishop Dedicates New Anglican Church at Glasshouse Mountains". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 20 February 1939. p. 14 (CITY FINAL). Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia. ^ "Closed Anglican Churches". Anglican Church South Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020. ^ "Parish profile" (PDF). The Anglican Parish of Caloundra-Glasshouse Country. pp. 3–4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020. ^ "Glasshouse Country Uniting Church". Churches Australia. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021. ^ Shorten, Kristin (21 August 2011). "Bones found at Daniel Morcombe search site". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Glass House Mountains (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

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