Mount Elliot, Queensland Explained

Mount Elliot, Queensland should not be confused with Mount Elliott Mining Complex.

Type:suburb
Mount Elliot
State:qld
Coordinates:-19.5069°N 146.9588°W
Pop:0
Postcode:4816
Area:265.8
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:26.6
Dir1:SE
Location1:Annandale
Dist2:30.0
Dir2:SE
Location2:Townsville CBD
Dist3:1345
Dir3:NNW
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:City of Townsville
Stategov:Burdekin
Fedgov:Kennedy
Fedgov2:Dawson
Near-N:Nome
Near-Ne:Cape Cleveland
Near-E:Cromarty
Near-Se:Mount Surround
Near-S:Majors Creek
Near-Sw:Barringha
Near-W:Brookhill
Toonpan
Near-Nw:Alligator Creek

Mount Elliot is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[1] It contains the mountain of the same name.[2] In the, Mount Elliot had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line form the northern boundary of the locality, with the locality once served by the now-abandoned Clevedon railway station (-19.3964°N 147.022°W).[3] The northern part of Mount Elliot is still known as Clevedon.[4]

The locality has the following named peaks (from north to south):

The locality is considerably more mountainous than its surrounding localities at 50–100 metres above sea level. The entire locality forms part of the Bowling Green Bay National Park with the Alligator Creek and its waterfall being within the Mount Elliot part of the park.

Mount Elliot is a watershed with the northern and western parts of the mountain draining into the Ross River which enters the Coral Sea at Townsville City and the southern and eastern parts of the mountain draining into the Haughton River which enters the Coral Sea near Giru.

History

The mountain was most likely named by Thomas Stewart, captain of the merchant ship, Lady Elliot, which sailed from Calcutta to Sydney in 1815-1816. It is believed the ship was named after the wife of Hugh Elliot, Privy Counsellor, and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.[10]

From 1846 until 1863, shipwreck survivor James Morrill lived with the Aboriginal clan whose country was Mount Elliot and the surrounding area.[11]

There is a shipwreck named “Mount Elliot”. Mount Elliot, Shipwreck

Demographics

In the, Mount Elliot had a population of 8 people.

In the, Mount Elliot had "no people or a very low population".

Notes and References

  1. 8 November 2017.
  2. 11 December 2017.
  3. Web site: 2 October 2020 . Railway stations and sidings - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd . 5 October 2020 . 5 October 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  4. 11 December 2017.
  5. 25 November 2020.
  6. Web site: 12 November 2020. Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9. 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020. Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government.
  7. 25 November 2020.
  8. 25 November 2020.
  9. 25 November 2020.
  10. 21 February 2021.
  11. Book: Morrill . James . Sketch of a residence among the Aboriginals of Northern Queensland for seventeen years. . 1863 . Courier General . Brisbane . 21 February 2021 . 29 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210129224958/https://nqheritage.jcu.edu.au/724/ . live .