Coalstoun Lakes National Park Explained

Type:	protected
Coalstoun Lakes National Park
State:	qld
Iucn Category:	II
Coordinates:	-25.5978°N 151.9089°W
Relief:	yes
Area:	260NaN0
Established:	1929
Managing Authorities:	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

Coalstoun Lakes is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 236km (147miles) northwest of Brisbane. It features a volcano, Mount Le Brun, which has two craters that contain intermittent crater lakes. Mount Le Brun is one of the youngest volcanic formations in Australia, although it was formed more than 600,000 years ago.^[1] Coalstoun Lakes is Queensland's smallest national park.

The average elevation of the terrain is 277m (909feet).^[2]

The lakes were named by local pioneer, Nugent Wade Brown, in 1894.^[3] There are various theories as to the origin of the name.

• One is that Coalstoun is the corruption of an Aboriginal word Goanalganai.^{[4] [5]}
• Another theory is that the name 'Coalstoun' is a corruption of the word 'Colstoun'. Nugent Wade Brown's father, John Brown (1787–1860), emigrated to the Colony of New South Wales and established a property named Colstoun near what is now Gresford in the Hunter Valley in 1838.^[6]
• Colstoun was the ancestral home of the Brown family in Scotland. Colstoun is located south of Edinburgh and remains in the Brown family.^[7] According to Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing "The lakes were named after Coalstoun in Scotland by Wade Brun, manager of nearby Ban Ban Station."^[8] There is no doubt that Nugent Wade Brown and Wade Brun were the same person.^[9] His wife, Margaret Campbell-Antill, was an aunt of Major-General John Macquarie Antill .^[10]

See also

• Protected areas of Queensland

References

• Coalstoun Lakes National Park, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. Accessed 6 September 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Environment and Science . 2011-06-06 . Coalstoun Lakes National Park . 2022-03-01 . Parks and forests Department of Environment and Science, Queensland . . en-AU.
2. Web site: Coalstoun Lakes topographic map, elevation, relief . 2022-03-01 . topographic-map.com . en.
3. News: 17 March 1894 . QUEENSLAND ROYAL SOCIETY,. . 6 . . National Library of Australia . live . 19 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200905130514/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3576206 . 5 September 2020.
4. 28 December 2020.
5. 28 December 2020.
6. Web site: . 2012 . Brown, John (1787–1860) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191205035108/http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-john-14344 . 5 December 2019 . 5 Dec 2019 . Obituaries Australia.
7. Web site: . 2018 . Colstoun . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191013134133/https://www.colstoun.co.uk/ . 13 October 2019 . 6 Dec 2019 . Colstoun House, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland . Colstoun is also the Ancestral Home of the Broun Family..
8. Web site: Coalstoun Lakes National Park - About Coalstoun Lakes . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160401020436/http://www.npsr.qld.gov.au/parks/coalstoun-lakes/about.html . 1 April 2016 . 18 July 2017 . Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing . Queensland Government.
9. Web site: . 14 Jul 1919 . Brown, Nugent Wade (1841–1919) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190829182221/http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-nugent-wade-14350 . 29 August 2019 . 5 Dec 2019 . Obituaries Australia.
10. Web site: . Margaret Cambell-Antill . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200905130514/https://gw.geneanet.org/renaudbrown?lang=en&iz=0&p=margaret&n=cambell+antill . 5 September 2020 . 5 Dec 2019 . Geneanet . Renaud BROWN de COLSTOUN.