Mount Barney, Queensland

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Mount Barney
Queensland
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Looking across the farmland to Mount Barney, 2013
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Mount Barney
Coordinates 28°16′39″S152°42′28″E / 28.27750°S 152.70778°E / -28.27750; 152.70778 Coordinates: 28°16′39″S152°42′28″E / 28.27750°S 152.70778°E / -28.27750; 152.70778
Population22 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 4287
Location120 km (75 mi) SSW of Brisbane
LGA(s) Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s) Scenic Rim
Federal Division(s) Wright
Suburbs around Mount Barney:
Burnett Creek Maroon Barney View
Burnett Creek Mount Barney Palen Creek
New South Wales Mount Lindesay Palen Creek

Mount Barney is a locality within the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. [2]

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Geography

Track on farmland at the foot of Mount Barney, circa 1952 Track on farmland at the foot of Mount Barney in Queensland, circa 1952.jpg
Track on farmland at the foot of Mount Barney, circa 1952

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

Mount Barney State School children with teacher Miss Bedelia Brennan, 1901 StateLibQld 2 297119 Mount Barney State School children with teacher Miss Bedelia Brennan, 1901.jpg
Mount Barney State School children with teacher Miss Bedelia Brennan, 1901

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]

Demographics

Mount Barney has a population of 22 at the 2016 census. The locality contains 23 households, in which 50.0% of the population are males and 50.0% of the population are females with a median age of 31, 7 years below the national average. The average weekly household income is $0, $1,438 below the national average. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Barney". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 January 2020. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Mount Barney - locality (entry 45169)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0

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