Mount Hallen, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Mount Hallen
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.3319°N 152.3844°W
Pop:457
Postcode:4312
Elevation:80-390
Area:52.5
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:12.4
Dir1:SSW
Location1:Esk
Dist2:29.6
Dir2:NW
Location2:Lowood
Dist3:30.6
Dir3:S
Location3:Toogoolawah
Dist4:32.7
Dir4:NNE
Location4:Gatton
Dist5:97.7
Dir5:WNW
Location5:Brisbane
Lga:Somerset Region
Stategov:Nanango
Fedgov:Blair
Near-N:Esk
Near-Ne:Esk
Near-E:Moombra
Near-Se:Coominya
Near-S:Buaraba
Near-Sw:Buaraba
Near-W:Redbank Creek
Near-Nw:Redbank Creek

Mount Hallen is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Mount Hallen had a population of 457 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south by Running Creek.

The mountain Mount Hallen is in the east of the locality (-27.3318°N 152.4129°W) and rises to .[2] [3] [4]

The Gatton Esk Road enters the locality from the south (Buaraba) and exits to the north (Esk).

There are a variety of land uses within the locality. There is rural residential housing in the south-west of the locality. Other land uses include grazing on native vegetation, production forestry, and some crop growing.

History

The mountain Mount Hallen was named in 1829 by explorer Allan Cunningham, probably after Ambrose Hallen, who was the Assistant Surveyor-General in New South Wales from 1827 to 1829.

The section of the Brisbane Valley railway line from Lowood to Esk opened on Monday 9 August 1886.[5] It included the Mount Hallen railway station (-27.3164°N 152.4091°W) at Mount Hallen.[6] [7] The station was originally to be called Buaraba (the name of the parish) but was renamed Mount Hallen after the mountain. The locality takes its name from the railway station name. The locality to the south of Mount Hallen is now named Buaraba.[8]

The railway line and Mount Hallen railway station closed in 1993.[9]

Demographics

In the, Mount Hallen had a population of 458 people.

In the, Mount Hallen had a population of 457 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Hallen. The nearest government primary schools are Esk State School in neighbouring Esk to the north and Coominya State School in neighbouring Coominya to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Toogoolawah State High School in Toogoolawah to the north, Lowood State High School in Lowood to the south-east, and Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the south-west.

Attractions

The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail now uses the former Brisbane Valley railway corridor.

Notes and References

  1. 11 June 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. 19 October 2019.
  5. News: 11 August 1886 . Opening of the Railway to Esk . XXX . 4 . . 5,962 . Queensland, Australia . 16 August 2023 . National Library of Australia . 15 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230815213700/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170804952 . live .
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: 1965 . Parish of Esk . 16 August 2023 . . Map.
  8. 16 August 2023.
  9. Web site: About Brisbane Valley Rail Trail . 2023-08-15 . Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads . 22 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220322073116/https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/BVRT/About-BVRT . live .