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Forest Hill is a town and locality in the Lockyer Valley Region in South East, Queensland, Australia. The town is located west of the state capital, Brisbane and east of the regional centre of Toowoomba. At the 2011 census, Forest Hill had a population of 394. ==History== Forest Hill Post Office opened on 1 February 1890 (replacing a receiving office named Forest Hill Siding open since 1889). Forest Hill Provisional School opened on 23 January 1893, becoming a state school in 1899. Forest Hill was once home to five hotels, a hospital, a bakery and butcher, and was the largest rail freight hub for agricultural produce in Queensland. The Forest Hill War Memorial was erected to commemorate those in the district who had died or served in World War I. It was unveiled by five mothers of deceased soldiers on 26 March 1921.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/91415-forest-hill-war-memorial )〕 During the 2010–2011 Queensland floods, much of the population of Forest Hill was required to be evacuated by helicopter to nearby Gatton to avoid rapidly rising floodwaters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forest Hill, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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