Mount Colliery, Queensland

Mount Colliery is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Mount Colliery had a population of 111 people.[1]

Mount Colliery
Queensland
Mount Colliery
Coordinates28.2591°S 152.3652°E / -28.2591; 152.3652 (Mount Colliery (centre of locality))
Population111 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1.032/km2 (2.672/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area107.6 km2 (41.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Mount Colliery:
Emu Vale Emu Vale Emu Vale
Tannymorel Mount Colliery Carneys Creek
Killarney The Falls The Head

History

Tannymorel Colliery State School opened on 17 September 1915. In 1922 it was renamed Mount Colliery State School. It closed on 1968.[3]

St Augustine's Anglican Church was dedicated on 14 September 1941 by Archbishop William Wand. It closed circa 1989.[4]

In the 2016 census Mount Colliery had a population of 111 people.[1]

Community groups

The Mount Colliery branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 7 Bakers Road.[5]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Colliery (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Mount Colliery – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45955)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  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
  4. Anglican Church of Southern Queensland. "Closed Churches". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Retrieved 26 December 2018.


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