Description
Glass House Mountains (also spelled Glasshouse Mountains) is a hinterland town and locality of the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the famous Glass House Mountains of the area.
Glass House Mountains (also spelled Glasshouse Mountains) is a hinterland town and locality ofthe Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, named after thefamous Glass House Mountains of the area. Colloquially it is often known simply as "Glasshouse". At the 2016 census, Glass House Mountains had a population of 5,065.
History
The original European farmers that settled in the area brought soccer with them, and it has remained a popular local sport. The soccer grounds were built mostly using resources donated by farmers.Glass Mountains Provisional School opened on 17 Apr 1906, but closed in 1907due 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 Glasshouse Mountains State School.All Saints' Anglican church was dedicated on 19 February 1939 by Archbishop William Wand. It closed circa 1993. The church building was sold for removal.The area was also used as a filming location for the movie Sinbad and The Minotaur, with Mount Coonowrin (Crookneck) (closed 1999), Mount Beerwah (closed 2009), Mount Tibrogargan and Mount Ngungun being shown predominantly throughout the movie.
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.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.
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Population: 1001-10000
Time zone: UTC +10:00
Area: 72.414 km2
Elevation: 11-50 metres
Town elevation: 27 m
Population number: 5,065
Local Government Area: Sunshine Coast Regional Council