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Seven Hills is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Seven Hills had a population of 2,732 people.[1]

Seven Hills
Brisbane, Queensland
Seven Hills Bushland Reserve
Seven Hills is located in Queensland
Seven Hills
Seven Hills
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Coordinates27°28′45″S 153°04′30″E / 27.4791°S 153.075°E / -27.4791; 153.075 (Seven Hills (centre of suburb))
Population2,732 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density1,710/km2 (4,420/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4170
Area1.6 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location7.8 km (5 mi) E of Brisbane CBD
LGA(s)City of Brisbane
(Morningside Ward)[2]
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Griffith
Suburbs around Seven Hills:
Morningside Morningside Cannon Hill
Norman Park Seven Hills Carina
Norman Park Norman Park Camp Hill

Geography

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Seven Hills is located 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) by road east of the Brisbane GPO.[4] It borders Camp Hill, Carina, Cannon Hill, Morningside, and Norman Park.[5]

As the name suggests, there are seven hills and the suburb and the hills themselves take their names from the Seven Hills of Rome.[3] The seven hills are:

All are within the current boundaries of the suburb, except for Esquiline Hill which is in the neighbouring suburb of Camp Hill on Tranter Avenue.[5] Also there is another hill in the suburb of Seven Hills, Lilian Hill (27°28′51″S 153°04′44″E / 27.4809°S 153.0789°E / -27.4809; 153.0789 (Lilian Hill)) which is not named after one of the Seven Hills of Rome.[13]

History

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The name of the area first appeared in local maps in 1891 and 1895, when it was in the possession of landowners David Ham, John James Kingsbury (Ham's son-in-law) and Acheson Overend. The name was taken from the "Seven Hills Estate Co", a mining company whose own name reflected the terrain of the Creswick area north of Ballarat and of which Ham was a prominent shareholder.[14] The 1925 sub-division plan submitted by new owner and land developer Robert George Oates, incorporated Roman street names.[citation needed]

 
Seven Hills Presbyterian Church, at the time of opening, 1951

Between 1912 and 1926, the southern edge of the suburb was serviced by the Belmont Tramway which connected with the Queensland Government Railway at Norman Park. Initially the service was operated by the Belmont Shire Council until it was suspended in 1924.[citation needed] The service was reinstated by the Brisbane City Council in 1925 following the amalgamation of the local government authorities, but was again suspended in 1926.[citation needed] The tracks, which followed the present Oateson Skyline Drive and Ferguson Road and continued to Belmont along Old Cleveland Road, remained in place until 1934.[citation needed]

The Seven Hills Presbyterian Church opened on 1 July 1951 at 2 Servius Street (27°28′57″S 153°04′32″E / 27.48251°S 153.07562°E / -27.48251; 153.07562 (Seven Hills Presbyterian Church (former))).[15] It was a timber building, capable of seating 200 people. In 1972, the church building was relocated to Carina.[16]

In 1953, the Brisbane City Council commenced a trolley-bus service, which connected the suburb with Fortitude Valley via Stanley Street, terminating just off Oateson Skyline Drive. The trolley-bus service ceased operation on 13 March 1969, when diesel buses took over the service.[citation needed]

 
Seven Hills State School, 1960

Seven Hills State School opened on 25 January 1960 with an initial enrolment of 84 students rising to 141 students by the end of the first year.[17][18][19]

On 1 June 2001, Seven Hills was gazetted as a suburb by the Queensland Government, following a push by local residents to have it recognised independently of Norman Park.[20]

A Southbank Institute of Technology campus was operational in the suburb until 2010. The site has since become the Clearview Urban Village.

Demographics

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At the 2011 census, Seven Hills had a population of 2,028 people, of whom 50% were female and 50% were male. The median age of the population was 35; 2 years below the Australian median. 80.6% of people living in Seven Hills were born in Australia, with the next most common countries of birth being England (3.6%), New Zealand (3.6%), South Africa (0.8%), India (0.6%), and the United States (0.6%). 90.3% of people spoke English as their first language, while the other most common responses were Japanese (0.6%), Mandarin (0.6%), Spanish (0.5%), Tagalog (0.4%), and German (0.4%).[21]

In the 2016 census, Seven Hills had a population of 2,211 people.[22]

In the 2021 census, Seven Hills had a population of 2,732 people.[1]

Education

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Seven Hill State School, 2023

Seven Hills State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 152 D'Arcy Road (27°28′46″S 153°04′29″E / 27.4794°S 153.0747°E / -27.4794; 153.0747 (Seven Hills State School)).[23][24] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 522 students with 38 teachers (33 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent).[25] It includes a special education program.[23]

There are no secondary schools in Seven Hills. The nearest government secondary schools are Balmoral State High School in Balmoral to the north, Whites Hill State College in neighbouring Camp Hill to the south-east, and Coorparoo Secondary College in Coorparoo to the south-west.[26]

Public transport

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There has been no railway station in Seven Hills since the closure of the Belmont Tramway in 1926, but Norman Park and Morningside stations are within walking distance of the western side of the suburb. Three radial bus corridors serve the suburb. Two express bus routes alternate to provide a connection between the Brisbane central business district and Cannon Hill Shopping Centre bus station along a corridor that passes through Seven Hills. One all-stops bus route passes centrally through Seven Hills on a route connecting Fortitude Valley and Carindale Shopping Centre. A peak route and an all-stops route connect Fortitude Valley and Cannon Hill Shopping Centre, passing along the southern border of Seven Hills.[citation needed]

Cycling and walking

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The main thoroughfare of Oateson Skyline Drive includes bicycle lanes, which continue southward along Wiles Street, Camp Hill and provide connectivity with the citywide bicycle network.[citation needed]

There is a network of narrow, and generally steep heritage walking paths located within public easements between residential properties. The smaller local streets and the major roads mostly have paved footpaths on one or both sides. Oateson Skyline Drive is median-divided and contains kerb extensions that promote safe pedestrian crossing. Aside from a small number of local parks, the major recreational walking attraction is the 52 Hectare Seven Hills Bushland Reserve located on the north east side of the suburb. The reserve contains a signed network of tracks for walking and fire access.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Seven Hills (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.  
  2. ^ "Morningside Ward". Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Seven Hills – suburb in City of Brisbane (entry 43020)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Brisbane GPO to Seven Hills". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Palatine Hill – hill in City of Brisbane (entry 25828)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Capitoline Hill – hill in City of Brisbane (entry 6152)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Quirinal Hill – hill in City of Brisbane (entry 27848)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Aventine Hill – hill in City of Brisbane (entry 1038)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Caelian Hill – hill in City of Brisbane (entry 5662)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Viminal Hill – hill in City of Brisbane (entry 36048)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Esquiline Hill – hill in City of Brisbane (entry 11871)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Lilian Hill – hill in City of Brisbane (entry 19306)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  14. ^ Jolly, Eris (2016). Seven Hills of Brisbane (2 ed.). Queensland: N.E. & E.M. Jolly. p. 75. ISBN 978-0958114301.
  15. ^ "New church hall". The Courier-mail. No. 4552. Queensland, Australia. 30 June 1951. p. 7. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Seven Hills Presbyterian Church | Seven Hills". Queensland Religious Places Database. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  17. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  18. ^ "Agency ID 10942, Seven Hills State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  19. ^ "History". Seven Hills State School. 9 March 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  20. ^ Jolly, Eris (2016). Seven Hills of Brisbane (2 ed.). Queensland: N.E. & E.M. Jolly. p. 73. ISBN 978-0958114301.
  21. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Seven Hills, Qld (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 October 2013.  
  22. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Seven Hills (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.  
  23. ^ a b "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  24. ^ "Seven Hills State School". Seven Hills State School. 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  25. ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  26. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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