Peachester

History

Peachester was named when the town was surveyed in 1888 by William Embury Hill. The name refers to a peach tree which was growing at the crossing of the Stanley River. Early industries included dairying, timber felling for Grigor's sawmill. On Wednesday 20 June 1906 the Venerable H. F. Le Fanu, Archdeacon of Toowoomba performed a stump capping ceremony for the new Anglican church. St Andrew's Anglican church was dedicated on 1 January 1908 by Archdeacon Le Fanu. The church was destroyed on New Year's Day 1 June 1963 by Tropical Cyclone Annie and was not rebuilt. Peachester Post Office opened by 1918 (a receiving office had been open from 1895) and closed in 1974. Peachester Methodist Church opened on Sunday 10 December 1922. It was at 956 Peachester Road (). It was built on land beside the community hall donated by K Hendren. It was erected by volunteers using materials supplied by William Andrew Grigor. In 1977, following the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church, it became Peachester Uniting Church. In 2017, it became Peachester Community Church. A fruit case factory for fruit growers operated in the 1920s and post World War II years. Between the 1930s and 1950s, Peachester was known as the home of Inigo Jones, the long range weather forecaster.

Geography

Peachester is in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The D'Aguliar Range commences in the north-west of the locality.

Most-observed species

• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  6,366
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  4,646
• Eastern Whipbird

  Psophodes olivaceus (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  4,490
• Pied Currawong

  Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  4,454
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  3,932
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  3,805
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  3,764
• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  3,652

Most recent

• M 4.9 — 2025-08-15
  12 km ESE of Cherbourg, Australia