Mount Barney, Queensland

Mount Barney is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Mount Barney had a population of 22 people.[1]

Mount Barney
Queensland
Looking across the farmland to Mount Barney, 2013
Mount Barney is located in Queensland
Mount Barney
Mount Barney
Coordinates28.2777°S 152.7077°E / -28.2777; 152.7077 (Mount Barney (centre of locality))
Population22 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.266/km2 (0.689/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4287
Area82.7 km2 (31.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s)Scenic Rim
Federal division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Mount Barney:
Maroon Barney View Barney View
Burnett Creek Mount Barney Palen Creek
Lindesay Creek Dairy Flat Mount Lindesay

The locality borders New South Wales.[3]

Geography
Track on farmland at the foot of Mount Barney, circa 1952

The locality takes its name from the mountain of the same name which occupies most of the western side of the locality, is part of the Mount Barney National Park and is undeveloped bushland. Farm land lies in a valley of the Logan River in the eastern part of the locality which separates the mountain Mount Barney from Mount Gillies in the very east of the locality. There are crops and grazing in the valley.[3]

History
Mount Barney State School children with teacher Miss Bedelia Brennan, 1901

The Thulumbah Provisional School opened in 1901 and became Thulumbah State School on 1 January 1909. In 1916 it was renamed Mount Barney State School. The school closed in 1962.[4] It was located on a bend in the Mount Barney Road (28.2412°S 152.7651°E / -28.2412; 152.7651 (Mount Barney State School (former))).[5][3]

In the 2016 census, Mount Barney had a population of 22 people. The locality contains 23 households, in which 50.0% of the population are males and 50.0% of the population are females with a median age of 31, 7 years below the national average. The average weekly household income is $0, $1,438 below the national average.[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Barney (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Mount Barney – locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 45169)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. "Dugandan" (Map). Queensland Government. 1935. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

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