Mount Isa (locality), Queensland

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Mount Isa (locality)
Queensland
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Mount Isa (locality)
Coordinates 20°43′32″S139°28′14″E / 20.7256°S 139.4705°E / -20.7256; 139.4705
Population172 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.02434/km2 (0.06305/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4825
Area7,065.9 km2 (2,728.2 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) City of Mount Isa
State electorate(s) Traeger
Federal division(s) Kennedy
Localities around Mount Isa (locality):
Barkly Gunpowder Three Rivers
Barkly Mount Isa (locality) Cloncurry
Barkly Waverley Duchess

Mount Isa is a rural locality in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is the land that surrounds (and excludes) the suburbs of the town of Mount Isa. In the 2021 census, the locality of Mount Isa had a population of 172 people. [1]

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Geography

The shape of the locality can be loosely be described as a doughnut (torus) where the "hole" is the excluded urban area of Mount Isa, consisting of the suburbs (from north to south): Kalkadoon, Lanskey, Ryan, Soldiers Hill, Winston, Sunset, Menzies, Pioneer, Miles End, Fisher, The Gap, Mount Isa City, Breakaway, Townview, Parkside, Mornington, Healy, Happy Valley, Mica Creek and Spreadborough. [3]

The Mount Isa Mines facility is in the locality immediately west of the suburbs (from north to south): Kalkdoon, Soldiers Hill, Miles End, Parkside, Happy Valley and Mica Creek. [3]

The suburbs are separated from the mine facility by the Mount Isa railway line with the Mount Isa railway station in Station Street, Miles End ( 20°43′35″S139°29′05″E / 20.7265°S 139.4847°E / -20.7265; 139.4847 (Mount Isa railway station) ), [4] almost on the boundary between that suburb and the Mount Isa locality and the mine facility. [3] The railway line exits the urban area at Mica Creek. Although the line is heading to Cloncurry to the east, the line travels south and exits the locality via Waverley, and then passes through Duchess and Kuridala. This indirect route is to avoid the Mount Godwin Range. [3]

The Barkly Highway enter the locality from the west (Cloncurry), passes through the Mount Godwin Range and enters the urban area at Breakway. It exits the urban area at Kalkadoon and continues north, exiting the locality at Gunpowder. The Mount Isa Duchess Road exits the urban area at Spreadborough and travels south-east exiting the locality at Duchess. The Boulia Mount Isa Highway commences just west of Mica Creek and travels south exiting the locality at Waverley. [3]

History

The locality takes its name from the city, the name of which was suggested by prospector John Campbell Miles who established the first mineral lease in the area in February 1923. It is thought to be a corruption of Mount Ida, the mining town in Western Australia. [2]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the locality of Mount Isa had a population of 118 people. [5]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Mount Isa had a population of 172 people. [1]

Education

There are no schools in the locality of Mount Isa, but there is a range of primary and secondary schools within the suburbs of Mount Isa. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Isa". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 July 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Mount Isa – locality in City of Mount Isa (entry 42316)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mount Isa – railway station in the City of Mount Isa (entry 23054)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Isa (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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