Mothar Mountain Explained

Type:suburb
Mothar Mountain
State:qld
Coordinates:-26.2333°N 152.7625°W
Pop:563
Postcode:4570
Area:57.9
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Gympie Region
Stategov:Gympie
Fedgov:Wide Bay
Near-N:East Deep Creek
Near-Ne:Cedar Pocket
Near-E:Kin Kin
Near-Se:Cooran
Near-S:Traveston
Near-Sw:Tandur
Near-W:Glanmire
Woondum
Near-Nw:Monkland

Mothar Mountain is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Mothar Mountain had a population of 563 people.

Geography

The southern and eastern parts of the locality constitute the western half of Woondum National Park. The Mothar Mountain Rock Pools are in a day-use area at the entrance to the National Park.

History

Mothar Mountain rock pools is believed to have been a site of significance to the Aboriginal people of the area but unfortunately little is known. MOTHAR Mountain Provisional School opened on July 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Mothar Mountain State School. In 1929 the name was corrected to Mothar Mountain State School. It closed on 13 July 1970. It was located on the western side of the Noosa Road north of the junction with Shadbolt Road, roughly opposite the Mothar Mountain Hall (approx).[2] [3] The school building is no longer extant.[4]

The Mothar Mountain Hall was built in 1957.[5]

Demographics

In the Mothar Mountain had a population of 534 people.

In the, Mothar Mountain had a population of 563 people.

Heritage listings

Mothar Mountain Hall on Noosa Road is listed on the Gympie Local Heritage Register.

Amenities

Mothar Mountain Hall is on the northern corner of the junction of Noosa Road and Shadbolt Road .[6]

Notes and References

  1. 27 December 2020.
  2. Web site: 1952. Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m110. 17 January 2021. Queensland Government. Map.
  3. Web site: 1943. Gympie. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201226202247/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-gympie-1943.jpg. 26 December 2020. 17 January 2021. Queensland Government. Map.
  4. Web site: Mothar Mountain State School. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210116220907/https://www.schoolarchive.com.au/mothar-mountain-state-school/. 16 January 2021. 2021-01-16. School Archive Queensland.
  5. Web site: Mothar Mountain Hall. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210116222011/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.111.pdf. 16 January 2021. Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council.
  6. Web site: Public halls and venues - Gympie Regional Council. 2021-01-16. www.gympie.qld.gov.au. 11 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201211054316/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/public-halls-and-venues. live.