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<\/p>\nQuarry Hill is approximately 2.4 square kilometres and has two parks covering nearly 5.1 per cent of total area.<\/p>\n
The population in 2016 was 2343 and by the 2021 Census it was was recorded at 2365 people, showing a slight growth of 0.93 per cent in the area during that time.<\/p>\n
Quarry Hill is a residential suburb about one kilometre south of the Bendigo railway station. The name came from a building stone quarry in the vicinity, the hole was later filled, and its precise location is not known.<\/p>\n
The area was first known as Charcoal Gully, where an Anglican school was opened in 1857. In 1873 it was replaced with a state school known as Sandhurst East, a name which lasted until 1908 when it was named Quarry Hill.<\/p>\n
The locality is generally hilly and hardly disfigured by mine or quarry workings, in fact, the hills serve as a visual backdrop to several fine Victorian and Edwardian houses, the most notable of which is The Eyrie built in 1874 at 18 Reginald Street.<\/p>\n
A short distance to the south is the Bendigo Cemetery, both The Eyrie and the cemetery are on the Victorian Heritage Register, including the cemetery’s chapel and funerary oven.<\/p>\n
Another house is Edelweiss in Hamlet Street that was built in 1890 for Sir John Quick, a constitutional lawyer and Bendigo parliamentarian.<\/p>\n
In retirement Quick served on the committees of the Bendigo Art Gallery, and mechanics’ institute, wrote pioneering bibliographical studies and was instrumental in founding the Quarry Hill Golf Club.<\/p>\n
In this case the golf course site was disfigured by mine tailings and rubble.<\/p>\n
The original Queens Arms Hotel was established in 1869 and after a recent renovation, still retains the character of yesteryear and remains a very welcoming local pub.<\/p>\n
CoreLogic data indicates that the predominant age group in Quarry Hill is 20-29 years with households being primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying on average $1417 per month on mortgages<\/p>\n
In general, people in Quarry Hill work in a professional occupation.<\/p>\n
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