Blenheim, Queensland Blenheim, Queensland Blenheim is a rural locality of the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2011 census, Blenheim had a population of 259 people. Originally the district was known as Sandy Creek, but later it was named Blenheim after Blenheim Park in Oxfordshire, England, which was in turn named after the Battle of Blenheim. Blenheim State School opened on 7 Apr 1879, with an initial enrolment of 73 pupils. In 1895, a German Baptist church was established at Blenheim under the leadership of C. Muetzelburg. As time passed, the desire for German language church services diminished and, due to
Blenheim Palace in film and media that have shot scenes at Blenheim Palace, include the following: A number of sources also credit the Berlin book-burning rally in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" as having been filmed at Blenheim Palace. However, these scenes were actually filmed at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire. The Roman Style Bridge features in synthpop band OMD's music video for their 1981 single, "Souvenir." Other parts of the video show band member Andy McCluskey driving his Volkswagen Karmann Ghia through the grounds. The BBC Radio Four programme "Just a Minute" was recorded (twice) at Blenheim with Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones and