Helidon, Queensland
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| Coordinates | 27°33′02″S 152°07′32″E / 27.55056°S 152.12556°ECoordinates: 27°33′02″S 152°07′32″E / 27.55056°S 152.12556°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 1,053 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4344 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Lockyer Valley Region | ||||||||||||
| County | Cavendish | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Helidon | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lockyer | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||
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Helidon is a town and locality in the Lockyer Valley region of southeast Queensland, Australia. Helidon is located on the Warrego Highway, 106 kilometres (66 mi) west of the state capital, Brisbane, and 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Toowoomba. The town had a population of 1,053 at the 2011 census.
Helidon is known in Queensland for its high quality sandstone, used extensively in private and public buildings in the state and elsewhere, including Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane Treasury Building, University of Queensland, and sought after internationally for its quality, especially in China. Helidon is also the location of a natural mineral spring whose products were sold by the Helidon Spa Water Company, now known as Kirks.
The Toowoomba Second Range Crossing will join the Warrego Highway at Helidon and is expected to open in 2018. Parts of the hilly, undeveloped north of Helidon have been protected within Lockyer National Park.
The Helidon district is called by Aboriginal inhabitants "Yabarba", the name of the Curriejung, and the nearby spring is known as "Woonar-rajimmi", the place "where the clouds fell down!"
The name Helidon derives from a pastoral run name established in 1841 by Richard Jones (1786-1852), a merchant and pastoralist.
William Turner payed 60 pounds rent for the Hellidon Run of 25,600 acres, in 1853. He was later (1861), appointed magistrate for the district.
Richard Kettle (born in Whissendine, England in 1838), together with his family, were amongst the principle farming families to establish Helidon. Following a failed attempt to lease land in Tent Hill in 1871, Richard Kettle was granted 150 Lockyer acres, in 1873, improved to a Homestead in 1878, and a further 80 acres in 1882.
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