Glass House Mountains, Queensland


Glass House Mountains is a hinterland town and locality of the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the famous 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.

Geography

The town Glass House Mountains is located, approximately north of Brisbane.
The town also has a train station and a railway line that runs northwards towards Northern Queensland and southwards to Brisbane. The Bruce Highway runs along the locality's eastern border.

Economy

Many of the town's original foundations were built on sugarcane, pineapple and farming.

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 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 Glasshouse Mountains State School.
All Saints' Anglican church was dedicated on 19 February 1939 by Archbishop William Wand. It closed circa 1993.
The area was also used as a filming location for the movie Sinbad and The Minotaur, with Mount Coonowrin , Mount Beerwah, Mount Tibrogargan and Mount Ngungun being shown predominantly throughout the movie.
In May 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.

Heritage listings

Glass House Mountains has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
In the 2016 Census, there were 5,065 people in Glass House Mountains. 78.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 5.7% and New Zealand 3.4%. 91.2% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 32.1%, Catholic 18.5% and Anglican 17.6%.

Amenities

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council operates a mobile library service which visits the Community Hall on Coonowrin Road.

Education

Glass House Mountains State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 58 Coonowrin Road. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 398 students with 26 teachers and 20 non-teaching staff.