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 Coordinates: 19°30′25″S146°57′32″E / 19.5069°S 146.9588°E / -19.5069; 146.9588
Population8 (2016 census) [1]
 • Density0.0282/km2 (0.073/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4816
Area283.7 km2 (109.5 sq mi)
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 locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. [2] It contains the mountain of the same name. [3] In the 2016 census, Mount Elliot had a population of 8 people. [1]

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Geography

The locality contains the mountain Mount Elliot which rises to a peak of 1220 metres above sea level, with the 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]

The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line form the northern boundary of the locality. [4] The former Clevedon railway station was on the railway line in that area and the northern part of Mount Elliot is still known as Clevedon. [5]

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. [6]

From 1846 until 1863, shipwreck survivor James Morrill lived with the Aboriginal clan whose country was Mount Elliot and the surrounding area. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Elliot (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. 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 11 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Clevedon – unbounded locality in City of Townsville (entry 7409)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Mount Elliot (entry 11545)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  7. ↑ Morrill, James (1863). Sketch of a residence among the Aboriginals of Northern Queensland for seventeen years. Brisbane: Courier General.

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