Hatton Vale


Hatton Vale is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Hatton Vale had a population of 1,521 people.

Geography

Hatton Vale is in South East Queensland and on the Warrego Highway, west of the state capital Brisbane and west of the regional centre of Ipswich.

History

Hatton Vale, originally known as "Tarampa Woolshed" was settled by German migrants in the 1870s as part of a closer settlement arrangement. The migrants established a Lutheran church in 1881 and an Apostolic church in 1889. The missionary Heinrich Friedrich Niemeyer established Hatton Vale as a centre for the Apostolic church in Queensland.
Hatton Vale Provisional School opened in 1881. On 18 October 1886, it became Hatton Vale State School.
Hatton Vale Post Office opened by 1903 and closed in 1974.
The locality remained overwhelmingly German in character. A survey in 1902 identified 90% of the farmers in the area had German surnames and this was still the case in 1949. The Hatton Vale cathedral of the Apostolic Church of Queensland was built in 1950.
Since 1990, Hatton Vale has seen significant residential development and become a dormitory suburb for nearby urban centres.
At the 2011 census, Hatton Vale and the surrounding area had a population of 1,138.

Amenities

The locality hosts the headquarters of the Apostolic Church of Queensland along with a 1,200 seat church. Other facilities in the locality include local shopping, a golf course and recreation club, and a community church.

Education

Hatton Vale State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at Hannant Road. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 441 students with 33 teachers and 23 non-teaching staff. It includes a special education program.
There are no secondary schools in Hatton Vale. The nearest are in Laidley, Rosewood and Lowood.