Mount Coolon, Queensland

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Mount Coolon
Queensland
Mount Coolon is located in Queensland
Mount Coolon
Mount Coolon
Coordinates21°23′13″S 147°20′35″E / 21.387°S 147.343°E / -21.387; 147.343Coordinates: 21°23′13″S 147°20′35″E / 21.387°S 147.343°E / -21.387; 147.343
Population64 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)4804
LGA(s)Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s)Burdekin
Federal Division(s)Capricornia
Suburbs around Mount Coolon:
Seventy Mile Mount Wyatt Newlands
Llanarth Mount Coolon Suttor
Belyando Pasha Eaglefield

Mount Coolon is a small town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3]

Geography[]

The Suttor River rises here. The river marks part of the eastern and all of the southern and western boundaries of Mount Coolon. The forms a small section of the northern border. The landscape is dotted with many waterholes and numerous peaks belonging to the Leichhardt Range.

History[]

Mount Coolon was originally called Koala, and was founded on Yangga tribal lands. It was renamed after Thomas Coolon, a prospector.[2] In 1918, following a claims dispute, Coolon shot and killed four men, then committed suicide.[4]

Mount Coolon Post Office opened on 1 May 1925 (a receiving office had been open from 1922) and closed in 1984.[5]

In the 2011 census Mount Coolon had a population of 567 people.[6]

In the 2016 census Mount Coolon locality had a population of 64 people.[1]

Heritage listings[]

Mount Coolon has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Coolon". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 March 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mount Coolon (entry 22997)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Mount Coolon – locality in the Whitsunday Region (entry 46884)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Mount Coolon Tragedy". Townsville Daily Bulletin. XXXIV (11337). Queensland, Australia. 12 December 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 23 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  6. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mount Coolon". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 January 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ "Barclay's Battery (entry 602242)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Suttor River Causeway, Old Bowen Downs Road (entry 601777)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.

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