Haigslea

Haigslea
State :  Australia State : Queensland
Coordinates : 27 ° 34 ′  S , 152 ° 38 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 34 ′  S , 152 ° 38 ′  E Area : 28.3  km²
Residents : 468 (2016) Population density : 17 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) LGA : Ipswich City
Haigslea

Haigslea (formerly: Kirchheim ) is now a suburb of Ipswich in Queensland , Australia . The Warrego Highway runs past the place. In 2016 the population was 468.

Kirchheim was founded by German settlers. In the anti-German mood during the First World War , the place was renamed, as were numerous other places with German place names . It was named after Douglas Haig (1861-1928), who fought as a general in the British Army from 1915 to 1918 in France.

In 1913, 60% of the farmers in Kirchheim had German names and the German settlements stretched from Marburg to Walloon . In 1874 the congregation built a Lutheran church, which was destroyed in a cyclone in 1924 and then not rebuilt.

In the village is the Haigslea State School , which was built in 1876, and in the vicinity of the village is the Australian Motor Cycle Museum .

Web links

Commons : Haigslea  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Haigslea (Ipswich City)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Haigslea ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. ↑ Naming of the city
3. ↑ Marburg, Haigslea and Ironbank on queenslandplaces.com.au . Retrieved January 15, 2011