Mount Gipps, Queensland
| Mount Gipps Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Mount Gipps on McPherson Range, 1928 | |||||||||||||||
  Mount Gipps | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°19′20″S 153°00′34″E / 28.32222°S 153.00944°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 12 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4285 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Scenic Rim Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Beaudesert | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wright | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Gipps is a locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] Mount Gipps is one end of the Queensland rabbit-proof fence.[3]
Geography
Mount Gipps has high slopes to the south (including the mountain Mount Gipps) belonging to the McPherson Range and also in the north-east with a valley through the north-west and from west to east. Running Creek, a tributary of the Logan River, flows from east to west through the locality. Mount Gipps Road enters from Chinghee Creek in the north-west and follows through the valley. Although entirely freehold land, only the lower valley areas have been cleared and are used for grazing. The slopes have an extensive tree cover.[4]
History
In 1900, much of the land in the upper reaches of Running Creek was part of the rural property Telemon Crossing owned by A. Drynan.[5]
There was a sawmill in Mount Gipps from at least 1920.[6] It was located in the valley.[7]
Mount Gipps State School was opened on 21 July 1920.[8][9] It closed on 30 June 1954.[10][11]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Gipps (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Mount Gipps (entry 45173)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Information on the Darling Downs-Moreton Rabbit Board". Darling Downs-Moreton Rabbit Board. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "From Lara to Cannon and Knapp's Creek". Queensland Country Life. 25 June 1900. p. 18. Retrieved 26 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Meeting at Mount Gipps". The Worker. Brisbane. 25 November 1920. p. 16. Retrieved 26 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "AT BEAUDESERT". The Brisbane Courier. 27 June 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 26 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Public Works". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 10 October 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 26 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE WEEK'S NEWS IN BRIEF". The Week. Brisbane. 4 June 1920. p. 23. Retrieved 26 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ "Agency ID 9136, Mount Gipps State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
External links
Media related to Mount Gipps, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons
- "Macpherson Range". The Week. Brisbane. 26 July 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 26 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia. — a description of the MacPherson Ranges in 1929, including Mount Gipps area