Mount Irving, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Mount Irving
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.5144°N 151.5777°W
Pop:34
Postcode:4401
Area:17.2
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:21.8
Dir1:SE
Location1:Oakey
Dist2:29.7
Dir2:N
Location2:Pittsworth
Dist3:38.7
Dir3:W
Location3:Toowoomba CBD
Dist4:168
Dir4:W
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Toowoomba Region
Stategov:Condamine
Fedgov:Groom
Near-N:Yargullen
Near-Ne:Yargullen
Near-E:Purrawunda
Near-Se:Motley
Near-S:Mount Tyson
Near-Sw:Mount Tyson
Near-W:Mount Tyson
Near-Nw:Evanslea

Mount Irving is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Mount Irving had a population of 34 people.

Geography

Mount Irving is on the Darling Downs.

The mountain Mount Irving is in the north-east of the locality (-27.5101°N 151.5902°W) and its peak is at 463m (1,519feet) above sea level; the surrounding plain being approximately 400m (1,300feet).[2] [3]

The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road enters the locality from the south-east (Purrawunda / Motley), forms the southern boundary of the locality, and exits to the south-west (Evanslea).[4]

The land use is predominantly crop growing with some grazing on native vegetation.

History

The locality takes its name from the nearby mountain, which in run was named for Clark Irving of Warra (also known Warra Warra) pastoral run.[1] [5] [6]

Demographics

In the, Mount Irving had a population of 15 people.

In the, Mount Irving had a population of 34 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Irving. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Tyson State School in neighbouring Mount Tyson to the south and Biddeston State School in Biddeston to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Oakey State High School in Oakey to the north-east.[7]

Notes and References

  1. 17 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. Mount Irving, Queensland . OpenStreetMap . 13 February 2022 . 13 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220213043646/https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11675816 . live .
  5. News: SOME DOWNS PLACE NAMES. . . LXVII . 277 . Queensland, Australia . 22 November 1928 . 23 November 2019 . 19 . National Library of Australia . 22 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211222033443/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254047966 . live .
  6. 23 November 2019.
  7. Web site: Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments . 9 December 2023 . Queensland Globe . . 19 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ . live .