Mount Emlyn, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Mount Emlyn
State:qld
Coordinates:-28.0333°N 151.3°W
Pop:0
Postcode:4357
Area:24.1
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:Toowoomba Region
Stategov:Southern Downs
Fedgov:Maranoa
Near-N:Lavelle
Near-Ne:Rocky Creek
Near-E:Rocky Creek
Near-Se:Kooroongarra
Near-S:Kooroongarra
Near-Sw:Kooroongarra
Near-W:Kooroongarra
Near-Nw:Lavelle

Mount Emlyn is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region of Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Mount Emlyn had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

Mount Emlyn is in the north-east of the locality (-28.0282°N 151.3131°W) at above sea level.[2] [3]

History

The locality is named after the mountain, which was originally known as Mount Allys, which was the family name of Lord Cawdor of the British House of Peers. It was renamed Mount Emlyn in the late 1800s, after the second wife of Francis Arthur Gore, grazier of Yandilla Station.[1] [4]

Mount Emlyn Provisional School opened on 10 May 1920. In 1948 it became Mount Emylyn State School. It closed on 21 April 1957.

Demographics

In the Mount Emlyn had a population of 16 people.

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

Notes and References

  1. 29 December 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 25 November 2020.
  4. News: 20 January 1904. Obituary.. XLVI. 2. Darling Downs Gazette. 11034. Queensland, Australia. 18 January 2021. National Library of Australia.