Mount Tabor, Queensland

Mount Tabor is a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Mount Tabor had a population of 76 people.[1]

Mount Tabor
Queensland
Mount Tabor
Coordinates28.2161°S 152.0680°E / -28.2161; 152.0680
Population76 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density10.27/km2 (26.6/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area7.4 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal Division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Mount Tabor:
Warwick Sladevale The Hermitage
Warwick Mount Tabor Junabee
Canningvale Canningvale Junabee

History

Bidjara (Bidyara, Pitjara, Peechara) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bidjara people. The Bidjara language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Murweh Shire Council, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathella and Blackall as well as the properties of Nive Downs and Mt Tabor.[3]

The locality was named and bounded on 14 September 2001.[2]

Education

There are no schools in Mount Tabor, but there are a number of schools in neighbouring Warwick.[4]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Tabor (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Mount Tabor – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 45958)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. "Bidjara". State Library of Queensland. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 26 December 2018.


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