Helidon, Queensland

Helidon, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Helidon
state = qld


caption =
lga = Lockyer Valley Regional Council
postcode = 4344
est =
pop = 567
pop_footnotes =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Lockyer
fedgov = Blair
dist1 = 106
dir1 = west
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 71
dir2 = west
location2= Ipswich
dist3 = 21
dir3 = east
location3= Toowoomba
dist4 = 19
dir4 = west
location4= Gatton

Helidon is a town in the Lockyer Valley region of south east Queensland, Australia. Helidon is located on the Warrego Highway, 106 kilometres west of the state capital, Brisbane and 21 kilometres east of Toowoomba. The town had a population of 567 at the 2006 census.Census 2006 AUS
id=UCL326600
name=Helidon (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)
accessdate=2007-10-28
quick=on]

Helidon is well known in Queensland for its high quality sandstone used extensively in private and public buildings in the state and elsewhere including Brisbane City Hall. Helidon is also the location of a natural mineral spring.

In the late 1990s, Helidon became the home of the Magnificat meal movement, a controversial offshoot of the Catholic Church. The movement has been described as a cult by William M Morris, bishop of the local Diocese of Toowoomba.Fact|date=June 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.gatton.qld.gov.au/ Gatton Shire Council] - Official site
* [http://www.comerford-sandstone.com.au/history/mainframe.html Comerford Quarries] - A list of buildings constructed with Helidon Sandstone.
* [http://www.dovenetq.net.au/~piula/Placenames/page29.html] - Origin of the town's name.


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