Mount Hallen, Queensland

Mount Hallen is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Mount Hallen had a population of 457 people.[4]

Mount Hallen
Queensland
Mount Hallen is located in Queensland
Mount Hallen
Mount Hallen
Coordinates27.3319°S 152.3844°E / -27.3319; 152.3844 (Mount Hallen (centre of locality))
Population457 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)4312
Elevation80–390 m (262–1,280 ft)[2]
Area52.5 km2 (20.3 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Mount Hallen:
Redbank Creek Esk Esk
Redbank Creek Mount Hallen Moombra
Buaraba Buaraba Coominya

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south by Running Creek.[2]

The mountain Mount Hallen is in the east of the locality (27.3318°S 152.4129°E / -27.3318; 152.4129 (Mount Hallen (mountain))) and rises to 390 metres (1,280 ft).[5][6][7]

The Gatton Esk Road enters the locality from the south (Buaraba) and exits to the north (Esk).[2]

There are a variety of land uses within the locality. There is rural residential housing in the south-west of the locality. Other land uses include grazing on native vegetation, production forestry, and some crop growing.[2]

History

The mountain Mount Hallen was named in 1829 by explorer Allan Cunningham, probably after Ambrose Hallen, who was the Assistant Surveyor-General in New South Wales from 1827 to 1829.[7]

The section of the Brisbane Valley railway line from Lowood to Esk opened on Monday 9 August 1886.[8] It included the Mount Hallen railway station (27.3164°S 152.4091°E / -27.3164; 152.4091 (Mount Hallen railway station (former))) at Mount Hallen.[9][10] The station was originally to be called Buaraba (the name of the parish) but was renamed Mount Hallen after the mountain. The locality takes its name from the railway station name.[3] The locality to the south of Mount Hallen is now named Buaraba.[11]

The railway line and Mount Hallen railway station closed in 1993.[12]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Mount Hallen had a population of 458 people.[13]

In the 2021 census, Mount Hallen had a population of 457 people.[4]

Education

There are no schools in Mount Hallen. The nearest government primary schools are Esk State School in neighbouring Esk to the north and Coominya State School in neighbouring Coominya to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Toogoolawah State High School in Toogoolawah to the north, Lowood State High School in Lowood to the south-east, and Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the south-west.[2]

Attractions

The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail now uses the former Brisbane Valley railway corridor.[12]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Hallen (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. "Mount Hallen – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44901)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Hallen (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. "Mount Hallen – mountain in Somerset Region (entry 15239)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. "Mount Hallen – mountain in the Somerset Region (entry 15239)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  8. "Opening of the Railway to Esk". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. XXX, no. 5, 962. Queensland, Australia. 11 August 1886. p. 4. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  10. "Parish of Esk" (Map). Queensland Government. 1965. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  11. "Buaraba – locality in the Somerset Region (entry 44849)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  12. "About Brisbane Valley Rail Trail". Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  13. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Hallen (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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