Mount Glorious Explained

Type:suburb
Mount Glorious
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.3227°N 152.7825°W
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Pop:343
Established:1903
Postcode:4520
Area:20.6
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:35.0
Dir1:W
Location1:Strathpine
Dist2:41.1
Dir2:NW
Location2:Brisbane CBD
Lga:City of Moreton Bay
Stategov:Pine Rivers
Fedgov:Dickson
Near-N:Kobble Creek
Near-Ne:Samsonvale
Near-E:Mount Samson
Cedar Creek
Near-Se:Highvale
Near-S:Mount Nebo
Near-Sw:England Creek
Near-W:Dundas
Near-Nw:Laceys Creek

Mount Glorious is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Mount Glorious had a population of 343 people.

Geography

Mount Glorious is a mountain which is part of the D'Aguilar Range and is a suburb in City of Moreton Bay. It is by road north-west of the Brisbane CBD. The forest that surrounds the mountain village is part of Brisbane Forest Park and the D'Aguilar National Park.

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

Other mountains in the D'Aguilar Range (but not in this locality) include Mount Nebo, Mount Pleasant and Mount Mee.

History

The locality name takes its name from the mountain, which was named as the result of a random remark by Elizabeth Patrick at a 1915 picnic, when she commented on the view.

Five blocks on the mountain were made available early in the 20th century, with the first block being bought by James O'Hara in 1903.[6] In 1921, a real estate map advertised 31 blocks as 'Crest Estate : the first section', being subdivisions of Portion 9, Parish of Parker.[7] [8]

The mountain was the centre of a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in November 1960.[9]

Demographics

In the, Mount Glorious recorded a population of 296 people, 48.6% female and 51.4% male. The median age of the Mount Glorious population was 49 years, 11 years above the national median of 38. 69.4% of people living in Mount Glorious were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 9.3%, New Zealand 4.5%, Netherlands 1.0%, Italy 1.0% and India 1.0%. 88.0% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were Dutch 1.0%, and Sinhalese 1.0%

In the, Mount Glorious had a population of 343 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Glorious. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Samson State School in neighbouring Mount Samson to the north-east and Mount Nebo State School in neighbouring Mount Nebo to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Ferny Grove State High School in Ferny Grove to the south-east.

Amenities

The Moreton Bay City Council operates a mobile library service which visits the Mount Glorious Hall on Mount Glorious Road.[10]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. 16 November 2019.
  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. 25 November 2020.
  5. 25 November 2020.
  6. Book: Horton, Helen . Brisbane's Back Door: The story of the D'Aguilar Range . 1988 . Boolarong Publications . Bowen Hills, Queensland . 0-86439-036-X . 28 .
  7. Mount Glorious Crest Estate : the first section . Map . Collections . State Library of Queensland . https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/420920.
  8. News: Advertising. 24 March 1921. The Brisbane Courier. 30 April 2019. 19,711. Queensland, Australia. 12. National Library of Australia.
  9. Web site: Qld earthquake risk real . Daniel Hurst . 2008-04-27 . 2008-04-24 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090427102448/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/qld-news/qld-earthquake-risk-real-20090424-ahbe.html . 2009-04-27 . live .
  10. Web site: Mobile Library. Moreton Bay Regional Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130132241/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/mobile/. 30 January 2018. live. 30 January 2018.