Wongawallan, Queensland
# Wongawallan, Queensland

Wongawallan is a rural locality in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Wongawallan had a population of 1,273 people.

## Geography

Wongawallan is mountainous terrain with most farming and residential development occurring the creek valleys. The hilltops are largely undeveloped.

Mount Wongawallan is a mountain in the north-east of the locality (27°52′02″S 153°15′18″E﻿ / ﻿27.8672°S 153.255°E﻿ / -27.8672; 153.255﻿ (Mount Wongawallan)) rising to 378 metres (1,240 ft) above sea level.

The main creeks are Wongawallan Creek and Tamborine Creek. Tamborine Creek joins Wongawallan creek at 27°53′59″S 153°15′00″E﻿ / ﻿27.89972°S 153.25000°E﻿ / -27.89972; 153.25000﻿ (Tamborine Creek) close to Welch Pioneer Park. Wongawallan Creek is a tributary of the Coomera River; their confluence is in neighbouring Maudsland.

The Tamborine-Oxenford Road is the main road to and through the locality.

## History

The area was originally named Mount Goulburn after Henry Goulburn by surveyor Dixon. However, later it was renamed Wongawallan, believed to be an Aboriginal word where wonga means pigeon and walla means water.

However, it has been claimed that it was named after an Aboriginal man nicknamed "Peter" who killed John Wilkinson, a settler, at Wongawallan Creek in 1876., but contemporaneous newspaper reports of the death of Wilkinson only refer to the Aboriginal man as "Peter".

In the 2011 census, Wongawallan had a population of 1,103 people.

In the 2016 census Wongawallan had a population of 1,273 people.

## Heritage listings

There are a number of heritage-listed sites in Wongawallan, including:

* Welch Pioneer Park, 881 Tamborine-Oxenford Road: Grave of Elizabeth Welch

## Education

There are no schools in Wongawallan. The nearest government primary schools are Highlands Reserve State School and Upper Coomera State College, both in neighbouring Upper Coomera to the east, and Tamborine Mountain State School in neighbouring Tamborine Mountain to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Upper Coomera State College in neighbouring Upper Coomera to the east and Tamborine Mountain State High School in neighbouring Tamborine Mountain to the south-east.

## Amenities

There are a number of parks in the locality, including:

* Cresthill Drive Reserve (27°52′50″S 153°14′58″E﻿ / ﻿27.8806°S 153.2495°E﻿ / -27.8806; 153.2495﻿ (Cresthill Drive Reserve))
* Eagle Heights Conservation Area (27°54′58″S 153°13′16″E﻿ / ﻿27.9160°S 153.2212°E﻿ / -27.9160; 153.2212﻿ (Eagle Heights Conservation Area))
* Gladrose Reserve (27°54′32″S 153°14′54″E﻿ / ﻿27.9090°S 153.2484°E﻿ / -27.9090; 153.2484﻿ (Gladrose Reserve))
* Hayes Park (27°53′21″S 153°13′26″E﻿ / ﻿27.8892°S 153.2239°E﻿ / -27.8892; 153.2239﻿ (Hayes Park))
* Howard Creek Reserve (27°51′40″S 153°13′06″E﻿ / ﻿27.8612°S 153.2183°E﻿ / -27.8612; 153.2183﻿ (Howard Creek Reserve))
* Lanes Park (27°51′58″S 153°14′07″E﻿ / ﻿27.8661°S 153.2352°E﻿ / -27.8661; 153.2352﻿ (Lanes Park))
* Pinnacle Park (27°53′14″S 153°13′40″E﻿ / ﻿27.8873°S 153.2277°E﻿ / -27.8873; 153.2277﻿ (Pinnacle Park))
* Solomon Lane Reserve (27°52′13″S 153°15′01″E﻿ / ﻿27.8703°S 153.2502°E﻿ / -27.8703; 153.2502﻿ (Solomon Lane Reserve))
* Tamborine Creek Reserve (27°53′47″S 153°12′38″E﻿ / ﻿27.8964°S 153.2105°E﻿ / -27.8964; 153.2105﻿ (Tamborine Creek Reserve))
* Tamborine Oxenford Road Bend Reserve (27°52′38″S 153°12′52″E﻿ / ﻿27.8772°S 153.2145°E﻿ / -27.8772; 153.2145﻿ (Tamborine Oxenford Rd Bend Reserve))
* Tamborine Recreation Reserve (27°53′42″S 153°11′57″E﻿ / ﻿27.8951°S 153.1993°E﻿ / -27.8951; 153.1993﻿ (Tamborine Recreation Reserve))
* Timberview Drive Reserve (27°53′07″S 153°13′11″E﻿ / ﻿27.8853°S 153.2198°E﻿ / -27.8853; 153.2198﻿ (Timberview Dr Reserve))
* Timberview Drive Park (27°52′53″S 153°13′48″E﻿ / ﻿27.8815°S 153.2301°E﻿ / -27.8815; 153.2301﻿ (Timberview Drive Park))
* Valley View Vista Park (27°53′06″S 153°13′52″E﻿ / ﻿27.8851°S 153.2312°E﻿ / -27.8851; 153.2312﻿ (Valley View Vista Park))
* Walter Park (27°52′27″S 153°15′03″E﻿ / ﻿27.8742°S 153.2508°E﻿ / -27.8742; 153.2508﻿ (Walter Park))
* Waterfall Drive Northern Park (27°53′01″S 153°13′41″E﻿ / ﻿27.8837°S 153.2280°E﻿ / -27.8837; 153.2280﻿ (Waterfall Dr Northern Park))
* Waterfall Drive Southern Park (27°53′03″S 153°13′38″E﻿ / ﻿27.8842°S 153.2271°E﻿ / -27.8842; 153.2271﻿ (Waterfall Dr Southern Park))
* Welch Pioneer Park (27°53′49″S 153°14′46″E﻿ / ﻿27.8970°S 153.2460°E﻿ / -27.8970; 153.2460﻿ (Welch Pioneer Park))
* Wongawallan Conservation Area (27°51′32″S 153°14′15″E﻿ / ﻿27.8589°S 153.2375°E﻿ / -27.8589; 153.2375﻿ (Wongawallan Conservation Area))
* Wongawallan Reserve (27°52′07″S 153°15′22″E﻿ / ﻿27.8687°S 153.2560°E﻿ / -27.8687; 153.2560﻿ (Wongawallan Reserve))
* Wongawallan Road Reserve (27°52′43″S 153°15′17″E﻿ / ﻿27.8785°S 153.2548°E﻿ / -27.8785; 153.2548﻿ (Wongawallan Road Reserve))
* Wongawallen Junction Reserve (27°52′34″S 153°13′37″E﻿ / ﻿27.8760°S 153.2270°E﻿ / -27.8760; 153.2270﻿ (Wongawallen Junction Reserve))
