Mount Pelion, Queensland

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Mount Pelion
Queensland
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Mount Pelion
Coordinates 20°56′22″S148°46′40″E / 20.9394°S 148.7777°E / -20.9394; 148.7777 Coordinates: 20°56′22″S148°46′40″E / 20.9394°S 148.7777°E / -20.9394; 148.7777
Postcode(s) 4741
Area65.8 km2 (25.4 sq mi)
LGA(s) Mackay Region
State electorate(s) Whitsunday
Federal Division(s) Dawson
Suburbs around Mount Pelion:
Calen Calen Mount Ossa
Mount Charlton Mount Pelion Mount Ossa
Mount Charlton Mount Ossa Mount Ossa

Mount Pelion is a locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. [1]

History

The locality takes its name from the railway station name, which was assigned on 8 March 1917. [1]

Mount Pelion Provisional School opened on 26 February 1924. On 1 August 1926 it became Mount Pelion State School. It closed on 31 December 1970. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Pelion - locality in Mackay Region (entry 46813)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN   978-1-921171-26-0