Mount Emlyn, Queensland

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Mount Emlyn
Queensland
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Population 16 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density 0.664/km2 (1.72/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4357
Area 24.1 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s) Southern Downs
Federal Division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Mount Emlyn:
Lavelle Lavelle Rocky Creek
Kooroongarra Mount Emlyn Rocky Creek
Kooroongarra Kooroongarra Kooroongarra

Mount Emlyn is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Mount Emlyn had a population of 16 people.[1]

Geography

Mount Emlyn is in the north-east of the locality (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) at 590 metres (1,940 ft) above sea level.[3][4]

History

The locality is named after the mountain, which was originally known as Mount Allys, which was the family name of Lord Cawdor of the British House of Peers. It was renamed Mount Emlyn in the late 1800s, after the second wife of Francis Arthur Gore, grazier of Yandilla Station.[2][4][5]

Mount Emlyn Provisional School opened on 10 May 1920. In 1948 it became Mount Emylyn State School. It closed on 21 April 1957.[6][7]

In the 2016 census Mount Emlyn had a population of 16 people.[1]

References

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