Mount Barney, Queensland
| Mount Barney Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Looking across the farmland to Mount Barney, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
  Mount Barney | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°16′39″S 152°42′28″E / 28.27750°S 152.70778°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 46 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4287 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 120 km (75 mi) SSW of Brisbane | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Scenic Rim Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Scenic Rim | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wright | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Barney is a locality within the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2]
Geography
The locality takes its name from the mountain of the same name which occupies most of the western side of the locality, is part of the Mount Barney National Park and is undeveloped bushland. Farm land lies in a valley of the Logan River in the eastern part of the locality which separates the mountain Mount Barney from Mount Gillies in the very east of the locality. There are crops and grazing in the valley.[3]
History
The Thulumbah Provisional School opened in 1901 and became Thulumbah State School on 1 January 1909. In 1916 it was renamed Mount Barney State School. The school closed in 1962.[4]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Barney (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Mount Barney – locality (entry 45169)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
External links
Media related to Mount Barney at Wikimedia Commons