Quarry Hill, Victoria

Quarry Hill is an inner suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the Bendigo city centre. At the 2016 census, Quarry Hill had a population of 2,339.[1]

Quarry Hill
Bendigo, Victoria
Queens Arms Hotel
Quarry Hill
Coordinates36°46′S 144°17′E
Population2,339 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3550
Location3 km (2 mi) S of Bendigo
LGA(s)City of Greater Bendigo
State electorate(s)Bendigo East
Federal Division(s)Bendigo

According to the Victorian Places web site

The area was first known as Charcoal Gully, where an Anglican school was opened in 1857. In 1873 it was replaced with a State school known as Sandhurst East, a name which lasted until 1908 when it was named Quarry Hill.

The locality is generally hilly and hardly disfigured by mine or quarry workings. In fact, the hills serve as a visual backdrop to several fine Victorian and Edwardian houses, the most notable of which is The Eyrie (1874) at 18 Reginald Street. A short distance to the south is the Bendigo Cemetery (1858). Both The Eyrie and the cemetery are on the Victorian Heritage Register, including the cemetery's chapel and funerary oven.

Another house is Edelweiss in Hamlet Street. It was built in 1890 for Sir John Quick, constitutional lawyer and Bendigo parliamentarian. In retirement, Quick served on the committees of the Bendigo art gallery and mechanics' institute, wrote pioneering bibliographical studies and was instrumental in founding the Quarry Hill golf club.[2]

Facilities

Quarry Hill Community Hall is in Hamlet Street, Quarry Hill.[3]

Quarry Hill Recreation Reserve - download the map of the reserve

St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School is in Gladstone Street, Quarry Hill, in the parish of St. Joseph, Quarry Hill. Archbishop Carr laid the foundation stone on 29 August 1906. The school opened for classes on 30 April 1907. Children attend from the suburbs of Quarry Hill and Spring Gully, as well as the outer suburbs such as White Hills and Epsom.[4]

Quarry Hill Primary School in Peel Street opened in 1911. Quarry Hill Golf Club is at 47-85 Houston St, Quarry Hill.[5]

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References
  1. "2016 Census QuickStats Quarry Hill". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. "Quarry Hill". Victorian Places. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. Quarry Hill Community Hall, City of Greater Bendigo, url= https://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/Things-To-Do/hall/quarry-hill-community-hall, retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, url=http://www.sjquarryhill.catholic.edu.au/, retrieved 6 May 2017.
  5. Quarry Hill Golf Club Inc.. url=http://quarryhillgolfclub.com/, retrieved 6 May 2017.
  • Howard Street in Quarry Hill Bendigo
  • A typical 19th Century cottage in Quarry Hill
  • The Queens Arms Hotel in Quarry Hill
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