Mount Peter, Queensland

Mount Peter is a locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Mount Peter had a population of 92 people.[1]

For other uses, see Mount Peter.

Mount Peter
Queensland
Crater Elbow, Mount Peter
Mount Peter is located in Queensland
Mount Peter
Mount Peter
Coordinates17.0627°S 145.7372°E / -17.0627; 145.7372
Population92 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density4.95/km2 (12.81/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4869
Area18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi)
LGA(s)Cairns Region
State electorate(s)Mulgrave
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Suburbs around Mount Peter:
Lamb Range Edmonton Wrights Creek
Lamb Range Mount Peter Gordonvale
Lamb Range Lamb Range Gordonvale

Geography

Despite its name, the locality of Mount Peter is predominantly flat farming land (30–40 metres) nestled in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range in the south and western edge of the locality.[3] The principal crop is sugarcane. There is also a quarry in the southern part of the locality.[4]

The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line (immediately parallel and north-east of the highway) form the north-east boundary of the locality. A cane tramway delivers harvested sugarcane to the Mulgrave Sugar Mill in neighbouring Gordonvale; the tramway is part of north–south corridor through the Cairns urban area enabling sugarcane grown in the Barron River delta north of Cairns to reach the mill.[3]

Due to continuing population growth in Cairns, Mount Peter has been identified as a priority urban growth corridor for Cairns with a master plan developed for 1582 hectares of land for development as 18,500 homes for approximately 40,000 people.[4]

History

Mount Peter is situated in the Yidinji traditional Aboriginal country.[5]

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, 2016

The locality of Mount Peter is presumably named from the mountain of the same name in neighbouring Lamb Range, which in turn may have been named after Peter Petersen who established a sugarcane plantation in the area in about 1897.[6] In May 1904, Petersen and his son Henry discovered gold on their property. They managed to mine the gold and keep it secret until 1915. By 1932 there were 40 people mining the gold field.[7] The last mine to close was the Talisman Mine in 1985.[8]

On 20 October 1983, the first Sikh temple in Queensland, the Guru Nanak Gurudwara, was opened on the Bruce Highway in Edmonton (now in Mount Peter).[9]

Mackillop Catholic College opened in 2016 for students in Prep to Year 3, planning to expand from Prep to Year 12 in a number of years.[10] Year 7 secondary schooling commenced in 2019 with the first Year 12 cohort expected to graduate in 2025.[11][12]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Peter (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. "Mount Peter – locality in Cairns Region (entry 48789)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. "Mount Peter". Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning. Queensland Government. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. "First people cultural history". Cairns Regional Council. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. "Mount Peter – mountain in the Cairns Region (entry 26508)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. "Far North Queensland Place names mo - my". Queensland History. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. "Mount Peter Structure Plan: Part 5: Technical report: Cultural Heritage" (PDF). Cairns Regional Council. p. 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  9. "Mungal Singh – Sugar Cane Farmer in Queensland". Australian Indian Historical Society. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  10. "MacKillop on track for 2016 opening". Catholic Education: Diocese of Cairns. November 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  11. "MacKillop Catholic College MacKillop Catholic College, Mount Peter, welcomes you!". Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  12. "Future Development | MacKillop Catholic College". 26 June 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

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