Jamboree Heights

Jamboree Heights is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Jamboree Heights is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Jamboree Heights had a population of 3,093 people.

Wolston Estate was the property of M. B. Goggs, whose father obtained the land forty years previously in the 1860s and after whom Goggs Road is named.In 1879, the local government area of Yeerongpilly Division was created. In 1891, parts of Yeerongpilly Division were excised to create Sherwood Division.The western part of the original land holdings that became the Centenary Suburbs were part of the Wolston Estate, consisting of 54 farms on an area of 3,000 acres (1,200 ha), offered for auction at Centennial Hall, Brisbane, on 16 October 1901. Only three of the farms sold at the original auction.In 1903 the Sherwood Division became the Shire of Sherwoodwhich contained theWolston Estate. In 1925, the Shire of Sherwood was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane.Jamboree Heights was part of the Hooker 'Centenary Project' to develop land which commenced in 1959.The suburb of Jamboree Heights was named by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 July 1969. The name reflects the hosting of the 8th Australian Scout Jamboree in December 1967 and January 1968.Jamboree Heights State School opened on 29 January 1974.In the 2011 census, Jamboree Heights had a population of 3,057 people.In the 2016 census, Jamboree Heights had a population of 3,093 people.