Mount Abundance, Queensland
| Mount Abundance Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Mount Abundance | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°46′56″S 148°30′33″E / 26.7822°S 148.5091°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 194 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.10409/km2 (0.2696/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4455 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,863.7 km2 (719.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Maranoa Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warrego | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Abundance is a locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Mount Abundance had a population of 194 people.[1]
History
The name comes from the name of the mountain, which in turned was named by Surveyor-General Thomas Mitchell on 7 May 1846 because of the "abundance of pasture" in the area.[2]
On 17 May 1927, 57 allotments of Mount Abundance land, south-west of Roma, were advertised for lease by the Lands Department. Each lease carried a condition that a certain area had to be cultivated with wheat within a specified period. A map advertised the offer which ran from the 17 to 31 May 1927.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Abundance (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Mount Abundance – locality in Maranoa Region (entry 47437)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "Sketch map of portions 27 to 38 parish of Norman, portions 1 to 38 parish of Spowers, portions 13 to 22 parish of Stirling, and portions 5, 6, 7, 9 to 19 and 21 parish of Waldegrave, county of Waldegrave" (Document). hdl:10462/deriv/280175.
{{cite document}}: Cite document requires|publisher=(help) - ^ "MOUNT ABUNDANCE". Cairns Post. Vol. 69, no. 7904. Queensland, Australia. 21 May 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 21 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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