Mount Kilcoy, Queensland

Mount Kilcoy
Queensland
Mount Kilcoy State School, 2015
Mount Kilcoy
Coordinates 26°51′S 152°35′E / 26.850°S 152.583°E / -26.850; 152.583Coordinates: 26°51′S 152°35′E / 26.850°S 152.583°E / -26.850; 152.583
Population 255 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 4515
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Blair
Suburbs around Mount Kilcoy:
Jimna Jimna Jimna
Sheep Station Creek Mount Kilcoy Sandy Creek
Sheep Station Creek Winya Sandy Creek

Mount Kilcoy is a locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] At the 2011 Australian Census the locality recorded a population of 255.[1]

Geography

Mount Kilcoy occupies a valley drained by Kilcoy Creek at the southern end of the Conondale Range. Kilcoy Weir was built at Mount Kilcoy and is able to retain a maximum of 158 megalitres.[3] The more flatter land along the creek is used for agriculture while the sloping terrain towards the north, east and western boundaries remains vegetated.

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain which in turn takes its name from the pastoral station established by brothers Evan and Colin Mackenzie in 1842, which in turns takes its name from an area in Ross-shire, Scotland (57°32′15″N 4°22′15″W / 57.5376°N 4.3708°W / 57.5376; -4.3708 (Kilcoy, Ross-shire, Scotland)).[2]

Mount Kilcoy State School opened in 1909 with a single teacher.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mount Kilcoy (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 August 2015. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. 1 2 "Mount Kilcoy - locality (entry 44902)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Weirs". Seqwater. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mount Kilcoy State School". Department of Education and Training. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

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