Mount Coolon, Queensland

Mount Coolon is a small town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3]

Mount Coolon
Queensland
Mount Coolon
Coordinates21.387°S 147.343°E / -21.387; 147.343
Population64 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)4804
LGA(s)Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s)Burdekin
Federal Division(s)Capricornia
Suburbs around Mount Coolon:
Seventy Mile Mount Wyatt Newlands
Llanarth Mount Coolon Suttor
Belyando Pasha Eaglefield

Geography

The Suttor River rises here. The river marks part of the eastern and all of the southern and western boundaries of Mount Coolon. The Sellheim River forms a small section of the northern border. The landscape is dotted with many waterholes and numerous peaks belonging to the Leichhardt Range.

History

Mount Coolon was originally called Koala, and was founded on Yangga tribal lands. It was renamed after Thomas Coolon, a prospector.[2] In 1918, following a claims dispute, Coolon shot and killed four men, then committed suicide.[4]

Mount Coolon Post Office opened on 1 May 1925 (a receiving office had been open from 1922) and closed in 1984.[5]

In the 2011 census Mount Coolon had a population of 567 people.[6]

In the 2016 census Mount Coolon locality had a population of 64 people.[7]

Heritage listings

Mount Coolon has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References
  2. "Mount Coolon (entry 22997)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. "Mount Coolon – locality in the Whitsunday Region (entry 46884)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. "Mount Coolon Tragedy". Townsville Daily Bulletin. XXXIV (11337). Queensland, Australia. 12 December 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 23 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mount Coolon". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Coolon". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. "Barclay's Battery (entry 602242)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  9. "Suttor River Causeway, Old Bowen Downs Road (entry 601777)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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