Haigslea, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Haigslea is a locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Somerset Region in South East Queensland, Australia.

[1] The area was originally called Kirchheim by the many German people who settled there as immigrants between 1865 and 1873.

[4] It was renamed Haigslea due to anti-German sentiment during the First World War.

[2][3] On 9 July 1873, St Paul's Lutheran church was dedicated by Pastor C. Baustadt.

A replacement church was built at Haigslea (formerly Kirchheim) and re-dedicated on 13 April 1924.

[4][5] Walloon Scrub State School opened on 12 July 1876.

[7] By 1885 it had 95 students under headmaster Mr Berry assisted by three pupil teachers.

[18] At the 2011 census, the suburb recorded a population of 414, 48.1% female and 51.9% male.

The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 0.7%, Ireland 0.7%, Barbados 0.7%.

It features open green space and picnic facilities.