Haigslea, Queensland

The area was originally called Kirchheim by the many German people who settled there as immigrants between 1865 and 1873. Walloon Scrub State School opened on 12 July 1876. In September 1884, it was renamed Kirchheim State School. By 1885 it had 95 students under headmaster Mr. Berry assisted by three pupil teachers. On 16 October 1916, it was renamed Haigslea State School. The first hotel in the area opened in the late 1870s. It was the Crown Hotel built by Wiegand Raabe. By 1885 Henry Lutz was the publican. By 1885, a Wesleyan Methodist Church had been established in the area. A Congregational Church opened in 1911 at 765-767 Thagoona Haigslea Road () by a break-away from St Paul's Lutheran Church by members of the congregation who wanted services held in English rather than German. In 1972, faced with declining congregations, Haigslea Congregational Church, Walloon Congregational Church, Rosewood Congregational Church and the Lowood Methodist Church joined together as the Lowood-Roseville Cooperative Parish. The Haigslea Congregational Church became the Haigslea Uniting Church in June 1977 as part of the amalgamation of the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian churches that created the Uniting Church in Australia. In 1981, the former Kirchheim/Haigslea Methodist Church was closed and relocated to this site as a church hall. Australian Motorcycle Museum was at 3 Butlers Road (). It closed in 2014. == Demographics ==

At the , the suburb recorded a population of 414, 48.1% female and 51.9% male. The median/average age of the Haigslea population is 43 years of age, 6 years above the Australian average. 84.4% of people living in Haigslea were born in Australia. 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%. 94.7% of people speak English as their first language 1% Czech. In the , Haigslea had a population of 507 people. == Education ==

Haigslea State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 760-766 Thagoona Haigslea Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 74 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Haigslea. The nearest government secondary schools are Rosewood State High School in Rosewood to the south, Ipswich State High School in Brassall in Ipswich to the south-east and Lowood State High School in Lowood to the north-west. == Amenities ==

Len Claus Kirchheim Park is at 1-7 Haigslea Malabar Road (). It features open green space and picnic facilities. The Sundowner Hotel is at 2316 Warrego Highway (). It features one of Australia's big things, a large sculpture in the shape of a bottle of Bundaberg Rum, with the other one situated at the Bundaberg Rum Distillery in Bundaberg. Haigslea Lawn Cemetery (also known as Walloon Scrub-Kircheim-Kirchheiner-Walloon) is at 33-41 Haigslea Cemetery Road (). It is managed by the Ipswich City Council. == See also ==