Rockmount, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Rockmount
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.6763°N 152.0363°W
Pop:82
Postcode:4344
Area:33.3
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:22.8
Dir1:SE
Location1:Toowoomba
Dist2:36.8
Dir2:SW
Location2:Gatton
Dist3:131
Dir3:WSW
Location3:Brisbane
Lga:Lockyer Valley Region
Stategov:Lockyer
Fedgov:Wright
Near-N:Upper Flagstone
Near-Ne:Stockyard
Near-E:Egypt
Near-Se:Fordsdale
Near-S:Fordsdale
Near-Sw:Ramsay
Near-W:Preston
Near-Nw:Upper Flagstone

Rockmount is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Rockmount had a population of 82 people.

Geography

Deverton is a neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (-27.6833°N 152.05°W).[2]

Rockmount has the following mountains:

History

Rockmount Provisional School opened on 31 January 1899 but closed in early 1902. On 1 February 1904 the school reopened and on 1 January 1909 became Rockmount State School. It closed in 1920, but reopened on 26 November 1928. It closed finally on 24 January 1965. It was at 122 Rockmount Road .[6] [7]

Demographics

In the, Rockmount had a population of 87 people.

In the, Rockmount had a population of 82 people.

Education

There are no schools in Rockmount. The nearest government primary schools are:

The nearest government secondary school is Centenary Heights State High School in Centenary Heights, Toowoomba.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 27 December 2020.
  2. 7 March 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. 25 November 2020.
  5. 25 November 2020.
  6. Web site: 1936 . Helidon . 5 April 2022 . . Map . 1 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200701063349/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-helidon-1936.jpg . live .
  7. Web site: 1923 . Darling Downs 2 Mile map BG1 series sheet 5 . 5 April 2022 . . Map . 30 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200630182716/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-darling-downs-bg1-sh5-1923.jpg . live .