Mount Chalmers, Queensland

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Mount Chalmers
Queensland
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Rural landscape, Mount Chalmers, 2016
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Mount Chalmers
Coordinates 23°17′51″S150°38′25″E / 23.2975°S 150.6402°E / -23.2975; 150.6402 (Mount Chalmers (town centre))
Population235 (2016 census locality) [1]
 • Density6.753/km2 (17.49/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4702
Area34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Livingstone
State electorate(s) Keppel
Federal division(s) Capricornia
Localities around Mount Chalmers:
Ironpot Cawarral Cawarral
Mount Archer Mount Chalmers Tungamull
Mount Archer Nankin Nankin

Mount Chalmers is a rural town and locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2016 census the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 235 people. [1]

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Geography

The town of Mount Chalmers is in the north of the locality with Mount Nicholson being a neighbourhood within the south of the locality ( 23°19′00″S150°39′00″E / 23.3166°S 150.65°E / -23.3166; 150.65 (Mount Nicholson (neighbourhood)) ). [4]

The locality contains the following named peaks: [5]

History

Fitzroy Copper Mine, Mount Chalmers, 1907 StateLibQld 2 68015 Panoramic view of the Fitzroy Copper Mine, Mount Chalmers, 1907.jpg
Fitzroy Copper Mine, Mount Chalmers, 1907

Gold was found in Mount Chalmers in 1860 but gold mining did not commence in the area until 1869. It was named after Mr Chambers who established a battery. In 1899 copper mining commenced. [10]

Panoramic view of Mount Chalmers, circa 1909 StateLibQld 1 103107 Panoramic view of Mount Chalmers, ca. 1909.jpg
Panoramic view of Mount Chalmers, circa 1909

Mount Chalmers Provisional School opened on 23 January 1901. On 1 January 1909 it became Mount Chalmers State School. [11] The school was mothballed on 31 December 2005 and its closure finalised on 31 December 2006. [12] [13] In 2014 the Livingstone Shire Council purchased the site for $230,000 for use by the local community. [14] It is located at 18 School Street ( 23°17′56″S150°38′29″E / 23.2989°S 150.6415°E / -23.2989; 150.6415 (Mount Chalmers State School (former)) ). [15]

In 1908 the Yeppoon railway line was established from Sleipners Junction on the North Rockhampton to Emu Park railway line and then through to Yeppoon railway station. [10] Mount Chalmers railway station ( 23°18′04″S150°38′28″E / 23.30111°S 150.64111°E / -23.30111; 150.64111 (Mount Chalmers railway station (former)) ) served the town, and Mount Nicholson railway station ( 23°19′03″S150°38′38″E / 23.3175°S 150.6440°E / -23.3175; 150.6440 (Mount Nicholson railway station (former)) ) served the south of the locality. [16]

In 1911, the census recorded a population of 1,181. [10]

The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart opened a Catholic primary school in 1913. [17]

Mining ended in 1914 and people moved away; the 1921 census showed the population had fallen to 95 people. [10]

Railway bridge on the Yeppoon railway line, Mount Chalmers, 2016 Railway bridge, Mount Chalmers, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, 2016.jpg
Railway bridge on the Yeppoon railway line, Mount Chalmers, 2016

The Yeppoon railway line ceased passenger services in 1978 and closed completely in 2004. [18]

In the 2011 census, Mount Chalmers had a population of 216 people. [19]

In the 2016 census the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 235 people. [1]


Education

There are no schools in Mount Chalmers. The nearest primary school is Cawarral State School in neighbouring Cawaral to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are North Rockhampton State High School in Frenchville, Rockhampton, to the south-west and Yeppoon State High School in Yeppoon to the north-east. [5]

Amenities

The Mount Chalmers Community History Centre operates from the old school site. [20] The old school also has a library run by volunteers and supported by the Livingstone Shire Council. [21] [22]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Chalmers (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Mount Chalmers – town in Livingstone Shire (entry 22988)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mount Chalmers – locality in Livingstone Shire (entry 49425)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Mount Nicholson – locality unbounded in Livingstone Shire (entry 23115)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Cabbage Tree Hill – mountain in Livingstone Shire (entry 5632)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mount Chalmers – mountain in Livingstone Shire (entry 6822)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Mount Standish – mountain in Livingstone Shire (entry 32178)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Chalmers". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0
  12. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government . Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Queensland state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government . 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "Council purchases Mt Chalmers State School for the community". Livingstone Shire Council . 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  15. ↑ Chiclcott, Tanya; Vlasic, Kimberley (7 June 2013). "Full school asssets sale list". The Courier-Mail . Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  16. ↑ "Mount Chalmers railway station (entry 22989)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Queensland". Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  18. ↑ "Emu Park/Yeppoon Railway" (PDF). Archer Park Rail Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  19. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mount Chalmers (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 July 2016. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  20. ↑ "Mt Chalmers Community History Centre". Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  21. ↑ "Mount Chalmers Library". Library Thing . Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  22. ↑ "Libraries". Livingstone Shire Council . Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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