Gowrie Mountain, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Gowrie Mountain
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.5141°N 151.82°W
Pop:222
Postcode:4350
Area:2.0
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:9.5
Dir1:S
Location1:Kingsthorpe
Dist2:12.7
Dir2:W
Location2:Wilsonton Heights
Dist3:15.7
Dir3:WNW
Location3:Toowoomba CBD
Dist4:143
Dir4:W
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Toowoomba Region
Stategov:Condamine
Fedgov:Groom
Near-N:Kingsthorpe
Near-Ne:Kingsthorpe
Near-E:Charlton
Near-Se:Wellcamp
Near-S:Wellcamp
Near-Sw:Wellcamp
Near-W:Kingsthorpe
Near-Nw:Kingsthorpe

Gowrie Mountain is a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Gowrie Mountain had a population of 222 people.

Geography

The Warrego Highway forms the northern boundary of the locality while Dry Creek forms the southern boundary. The lower of the two peaks of Gowrie Mountain (630 metres above sea level) is in the far east of the locality while the higher peak (674 metres above sea level) is in the neighbouring locality of Charlton.

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain which, in turn, took its name from a corrupted Aboriginal word cowarie, which probably referred to Gowrie Creek, but which also referred to the freshwater mussel.[1]

Gowrie Mountain Provisional School opened on 30 May 1901,[2] [3] becoming Gowrie Mountain State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1967. It was on a 5acres site at 95 Gowrie Mountain School Road, now within the present-day locality of Kingsthorpe.[4]

Demographics

In the, Gowrie Mountain had a population of 224 people.

In the, Gowrie Mountain had a population of 222 people.

Education

There are no schools in Gowrie Mountain. The nearest government primary school is Kingsthorpe State School in neighbouring Kingsthorpe to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Wilsonton State High School in Wilsonton Heights to the east.[5]

Notes and References

  1. 8 November 2017.
  2. News: 17 November 1900 . Advertising . XLII . 10 . . 9,731 . Queensland, Australia . 14 September 2023 . National Library of Australia . 13 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913211428/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/185589730 . live .
  3. News: 27 June 1902 . LAND MATTERS. . LIX . 8 . . 13,871 . Queensland, Australia . 14 September 2023 . National Library of Australia . 13 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913211429/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19173113 . live .
  4. Web site: 1938 . Parish of Isaac . 14 September 2023 . . Map . 13 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230913205350/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-40chain-parish-isaac-1938/original . live .
  5. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments . 13 September 2023 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .