| Type: | town |
| Mount Chalmers | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -23.2975°N 150.6402°W |
| Pop: | 226 |
| Postcode: | 4702 |
| Area: | 34.8 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 29.45 |
| Dir1: | SW |
| Location1: | Yeppoon |
| Dist2: | 30.0 |
| Dir2: | NE |
| Location2: | Frenchville |
| Dist3: | 32.6 |
| Dir3: | NE |
| Location3: | Rockhampton |
| Dist4: | 652 |
| Dir4: | NNW |
| Location4: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Shire of Livingstone |
| Stategov: | Keppel |
| Fedgov: | Capricornia |
Mount Chalmers is a rural town and locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 226 people.
The town of Mount Chalmers is in the north of the locality with Mount Nicholson being a neighbourhood within the south of the locality (-23.3166°N 150.65°W).[3]
The locality contains the following named peaks:
Gold was found in Mount Chalmers in 1860 but gold mining did not commence in the area until 1869. It was named after Mr Chambers who established a battery. In 1899 copper mining commenced.Mount Chalmers Provisional School opened on 23 January 1901. On 1 January 1909 it became Mount Chalmers State School. The school was mothballed on 31 December 2005 and its closure finalised on 31 December 2006.[8] [9] In 2014 the Livingstone Shire Council purchased the site for $230,000 for use by the local community.[10] It is located at 16 School Street .[11]
In 1908, the Yeppoon railway line was established from Sleipners Junction on the North Rockhampton to Emu Park railway line and then through to Yeppoon railway station.[12] Mount Chalmers railway station (-23.3011°N 150.6411°W) served the town, and Mount Nicholson railway station (-23.3175°N 150.644°W) served the south of the locality.[13]
In 1911, the census recorded a population of 1,181.
The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart opened a Catholic primary school in 1913.[14]
Mining ended in 1914 and people moved away; the 1921 census showed the population had fallen to 95 people.
The Yeppoon railway line ceased passenger services in 1978 and closed completely in 2004.[15]
In the, the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 216 people.
In the, the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 235 people.
In the, the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 226 people.
There are no schools in Mount Chalmers. The nearest primary school is Cawarral State School in neighbouring Cawaral to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are North Rockhampton State High School in Frenchville, Rockhampton, to the south-west and Yeppoon State High School in Yeppoon to the north-east.
The Mount Chalmers Community History Centre operates from the old school site.[16] The old school also has a library run by volunteers and supported by the Livingstone Shire Council.[17] [18]