Mount Alma, Queensland

Mount Alma is a rural locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Mount Alma had a population of 47 people.[1]

Mount Alma
Queensland
Mount Alma
Coordinates24.0905°S 150.8755°E / -24.0905; 150.8755
Population47 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.0578/km2 (0.1496/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4680
Area813.5 km2 (314.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Gladstone Region
State electorate(s)Callide
Federal Division(s)Flynn
Suburbs around Mount Alma:
Ulogie Raglan
Bracewell
East End
Dumgree Mount Alma Wooderson
Dumgree Tablelands Diglum

History

Calliope Station Provisional School opened in March 1912 as a half time school in conjunction with Mount Redshirt Provisional School (meaning they shared a teacher). In 1917 it became a full time provisional school. On 1 August 1922 it became Calliope Station State School. It closed on 8 July 1956.[3]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Alma (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Mount Alma – locality in Gladstone Region (entry 46613)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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