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Mantuan Downs is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mantuan Downs had a population of 23 people.[1]
The Claude River rises in the north-west of the locality (24°25′16″S 146°40′41″E / 24.4211°S 146.6781°E / -24.4211; 146.6781 (Claude River (source))) and flows in an easterly direction. The Nogoa River enters the locality from Carnarvon Park to the south (24°47′11″S 147°12′48″E / 24.7865°S 147.2134°E / -24.7865; 147.2134 (Nogoa River (enters))) and flows in a northeasterly direction, briefly forming part of the locality's eastern boundary before its confluence with its tributary the Claude River on the locality's boundary (24°24′32″S 147°18′22″E / 24.4090°S 147.3060°E / -24.4090; 147.3060 (confluence of Claude and Nogoa Rivers)), after which the Nogoa River exits to Nandowrie to the east.[3]
The locality has the following ranges:
and the following mountains and valleys:
The Dawson Developmental Road enters the locality from Nandowrie in the east and continues west, exiting to Windeyer in the west.[3]
The locality presumably takes its name from the Mantuan Downs pastoral property established by Thomas Mitchell.[11] Mitchell explored and named the area in July 1846.[12]
In January 2020 the North Australian Pastoral Company announced that it was purchasing the large-scale cattle breeding and finishing property named Mantuan Downs. The 134,000-hectare (330,000-acre) property consists of two pastoral leases, known as Mantuan Downs and Castlevale, as well as the freehold Semper Idem.[13]
In the 2016 census, Mantuan Downs had a population of 31 people.[14]
In the 2021 census, Mantuan Downs had a population of 23 people.[1]
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[15]
There are a number of airstrips in the locality:
There are no schools in Mantuan Downs. The nearest primary school is Tresswell State School in Nandowrie,[3] but it has been closed temporarily since February 2020,[17] and there are no other nearby primary schools. There are no nearby secondary schools.[3] The options for education are distance learning and boarding schools.
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