Mount Kelly, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Mount Kelly
State:qld
Coordinates:-19.6672°N 147.315°W
Pop:291
Postcode:4807
Area:46.8
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:15.6
Dir1:W
Location1:Home Hill
Dist2:17.6
Dir2:SW
Location2:Ayr
Dist3:92.7
Dir3:SE
Location3:Townsville
Dist4:1281
Dir4:NNW
Location4:Brisbane
Lga:Shire of Burdekin
Stategov:Burdekin
Fedgov:Dawson
Near-N:Airville
Near-Ne:Airville
Near-E:Airville
Near-Se:Osborne
Near-S:Kirknie
Near-Sw:Mona Park
Near-W:Mona Park
Near-Nw:Barratta

Mount Kelly is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Mount Kelly had a population of 291 people.

Geography

The locality is bounded to the south and south-east by the Burdekin River.

Kelly Mountain is a mountain in the centre of the locality (-19.6621°N 147.3134°W) rising to above sea level.[2] [3]

The land use is quite varied. To the south-east of the Kelly Mountain is an area of rural residential housing. The land near the northern, eastern and southern boundaries of the locality is used to grow sugarcane and there is a cane tramway to transport the harvested sugarcane to the local sugar mills. There is grazing on native vegetation in the north, west, and south-west of the locality. There are number of small quarries in the locality.

History

The locality was officially named and bounded on 23 February 2001. It is presumably named after Kelly Mountain.

Demographics

In the, Mount Kelly had a population of 280 people.

In the, Mount Kelly had a population of 291 people.

Education

There are no school in Mount Kelly. The nearest government primary school is Airville State School in neighbouring Airville to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Ayr State High School in Ayr to the north-east and Home Hill State High School in Home Hill to the east.[4]

Facilities

Mount Kelly Rural Fire Station is at 74-79 Kelly Drive (-19.6605°N 147.3231°W).[5] [6]

Attractions

Mount Kelly Lookout is at the top of Lookout Road .[7]

There is a pistol club at 1478 Ayr Dalbeg Road (-19.7016°N 147.2827°W).[8]

Notes and References

  1. 18 November 2018.
  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. 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 .
  5. Web site: 18 November 2020 . Emergency services facilities - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6 . 24 November 2020 . 24 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  6. Web site: 17 November 2020 . Building points - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201125050838/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71 . 25 November 2020 . 25 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.
  7. Web site: BurdekinTourism . Mount Kelly Lookout . 2023-12-09 . Visit Burdekin . en . 31 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231031082822/https://www.visitburdekin.com.au/directory-record/194/mount-kelly-lookout . live .
  8. Web site: 17 November 2020 . Building areas - Queensland . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201023081052/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f . 23 October 2020 . 17 November 2020 . Queensland Open Data . Queensland Government.