Mount Elliot, Queensland

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Mount Elliot
Queensland
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Mount Elliot
Coordinates 19°30′25″S146°57′32″E / 19.5069°S 146.9588°E / -19.5069; 146.9588 (Mount Elliot (centre of locality))
Population0 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.0000/km2 (0.000/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4816
Area265.8 km2 (102.6 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) City of Townsville
State electorate(s) Burdekin
Federal division(s)
Suburbs around Mount Elliot:
Alligator Creek Nome Cape Cleveland
Brookhill
Toonpan 		Mount Elliot Cromarty
Barringha Majors Creek Mount Surround

Mount Elliot is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. [2] It contains the mountain of the same name. [3] In the 2021 census, Mount Elliot had "no people or a very low population". [1]

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Geography

The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line form the northern boundary of the locality, [4] with the locality once served by the now-abandoned Clevedon railway station ( 19°23′47″S147°01′19″E / 19.3964°S 147.0220°E / -19.3964; 147.0220 (Clevedon railway station (former)) ). [5] The northern part of Mount Elliot is still known as Clevedon. [6]

The locality has the following named peaks (from north to south):

The locality is considerably more mountainous than its surrounding localities at 50–100 metres above sea level. The entire locality forms part of the Bowling Green Bay National Park with the Alligator Creek and its waterfall being within the Mount Elliot part of the park. [4]


Mount Elliot is a watershed with the northern and western parts of the mountain draining into the Ross River which enters the Coral Sea at Townsville City and the southern and eastern parts of the mountain draining into the Haughton River which enters the Coral Sea near Giru. [4]

History

The mountain was most likely named by Thomas Stewart, captain of the merchant ship, Lady Elliot , which sailed from Calcutta to Sydney in 1815-1816. It is believed the ship was named after the wife of Hugh Elliot, Privy Counsellor, and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820. [12]

From 1846 until 1863, shipwreck survivor James Morrill lived with the Aboriginal clan whose country was Mount Elliot and the surrounding area. [13]

There is a shipwreck named “Mount Elliot”. Mount Elliot, Shipwreck

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Mount Elliot had a population of 8 people. [14]

In the 2021 census, Mount Elliot had "no people or a very low population". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Elliot (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Mount Elliot – locality in City of Townsville (entry 44609)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Mount Elliot – mountain in the City of Townsville (entry 11545)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Clevedon – unbounded locality in City of Townsville (entry 7409)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
  8. ↑ "Saddle Mountain – mountain in Townsville City (entry 29413)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Mount Elliot – mountain in Townsville City (entry 11545)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Shoulder – mountain in Townsville City (entry 30783)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Sharp Elliot – mountain in Townsville City (entry 30585)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Mount Elliot (entry 11545)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  13. ↑ Morrill, James (1863). Sketch of a residence among the Aboriginals of Northern Queensland for seventeen years. Brisbane: Courier General. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  14. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Elliot (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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