Mount Coolon, Queensland

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Mount Coolon
Queensland
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Town of Mount Coolon, 1932
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Mount Coolon
Coordinates 21°23′02″S147°20′29″E / 21.3838°S 147.3413°E / -21.3838; 147.3413 (Mount Coolon (town centre)) Coordinates: 21°23′02″S147°20′29″E / 21.3838°S 147.3413°E / -21.3838; 147.3413 (Mount Coolon (town centre))
Population64 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density0.01052/km2 (0.02726/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4804
Area6,081.0 km2 (2,347.9 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s) Burdekin
Federal division(s) Capricornia
Suburbs around Mount Coolon:
Seventy Mile Mount Wyatt Newlands
Llanarth Mount Coolon Suttor
Belyando Pasha Eaglefield

Mount Coolon is a rural town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2016 census, the locality of Mount Coolon had a population of 64 people. [1]

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Geography

The Suttor River rises here. The river marks part of the eastern and all of the southern and western boundaries of Mount Coolon. The Sellheim River forms a small section of the northern border. The landscape is dotted with many waterholes and numerous peaks belonging to the Leichhardt Range.[ citation needed ]

Mount Coolon has the following mountains:

History

Bernard Thompson at Goodna, one of the four men shot and killed by Thomas Coolon at Mount Coolon, 1918 Bernard Thompson at Goodna, he was one of the four men shot and killed by Thomas Coolon at Mount Coolon, 1918.jpg
Bernard Thompson at Goodna, one of the four men shot and killed by Thomas Coolon at Mount Coolon, 1918

Mount Coolon was originally called Koala, and was founded on Yangga tribal lands. It was renamed after Thomas Coolon, a prospector. [2]

In 1918, following a claims dispute, Coolon shot and killed four men, then committed suicide. [22]

Koala Provisional School opened on 11 July 1921. On 1 September 1925, it became Koala State School. In 1946, it was renamed Mount Coolon State School in 1946. It closed in 1950, but reopened in 1962. [23] It finally closed on 30 April 1971. [24]

Mount Coolon Post Office and General Store, 1932 StateLibQld 1 154491 Mount Coolon Post Office and General Store, Queensland, 1932.jpg
Mount Coolon Post Office and General Store, 1932

Mount Coolon Post Office opened on 1 May 1925 (a receiving office had been open from 1922) and closed in 1984. [25]

Koala police station opened in 1925 and was renamed Mount Coolon police station in 1931. It closed in 1967. 18 police officers served at the station over its lifetime. [23]

Between 1925 and 1967 when the station closed there were 18 officers stationed at Mt Coolon.

In the 2011 census, the locality of Mount Coolon had a population of 567 people. [26]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Mount Coolon had a population of 64 people. [1]

Heritage listings

Chimney, Barclay's Battery Chimney, Barclay's Battery.jpg
Chimney, Barclay's Battery

Mount Coolon has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

There are no schools in Mount Coolon. Glenden State School in Glenden to the east is the nearest government primary and secondary school; however, the distances involved in a daily commute mean that distance education and boarding schools are other options. [29]

Amenities

Mount Coolon Hotel is at 1 Mill Street. It provides meals and accommodation. [30]

The former Mount Coolon State School is now the Mount Coolon Community Centre. [23]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Mount Coolon – town in Whitsunday Region (entry 22997)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mount Coolon – locality in Whitsunday Region (entry 46884)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "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.
  5. ↑ "Beaucazon Peak – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 1992)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Bulgonunna Peak – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 4969)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Bungobine Peak – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 5274)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Carey Guille – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 6230)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Mount Carmel – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 6273)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Mount Douglas – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 10465)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Mount Harry Marsh – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 15467)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Mount Kroman – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 18544)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Mount Loudon – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 20123)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Mount Manaman – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 20757)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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  16. ↑ "Mount Tindale – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 34616)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  17. ↑ "Norcot Peak – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 24514)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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  19. ↑ "Scartwater Hill – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 30092)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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  21. ↑ "Whitestone Peak – mountain in Whitsunday Region (entry 37349)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  22. ↑ "Mount Coolon Tragedy". Townsville Daily Bulletin . Vol. XXXIV, no. 11337. Queensland, Australia. 12 December 1918. p. 5. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  23. 1 2 3 "HISTORY". Mt Coolon Hotel. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  24. ↑ 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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  27. ↑ "Barclay's Battery (entry 602242)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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