Mount Mort, Queensland

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Mount Mort
Ipswich, Queensland
Fields along Grandchester Mount Mort Road, 2015
Mount Mort is located in Queensland
Mount Mort
Mount Mort
Coordinates27°47′08″S 152°26′16″E / 27.7855°S 152.4377°E / -27.7855; 152.4377 (Mount Mort (centre of locality))
Population78 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density0.765/km2 (1.981/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4340
Area102.0 km2 (39.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)City of Ipswich
State electorate(s)Scenic Rim
Federal division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Mount Mort:
Mulgowie Grandchester Lower Mount Walker
Thornton Mount Mort Mount Walker West
Townson Rosevale Merryvale

Mount Mort is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Mort had a population of 78 people.[1]

Geography

The locality has a number of mountain features, including (from north to south):

Franklin Vale Creek rises in the south-east of the locality and flows north through the locality exiting to the north (Grandchester).[5][6]

The Liverpool Range runs near and through the western boundary of the locality with elevations over 600 metres (2,000 ft), compared to elevations of 100 to 150 metres (330 to 490 ft) along the valley of Franklin Vale Creek.[5]

Beau Brummel Conservation Park is in the west of the locality.[7] Apart from this protected area, the land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some forestry and crop growing.[5]

Grandchester - Mount Mort Road enters the locality from the north (Grandchester) and travels south through the lower-lying areas of the locality to the west of the creek and terminates within the south of the locality.[5]

History

In 1877, 48,000 acres (19,000 ha) were resumed from the Franklyn Vale pastoral run and offered for selection on 17 April 1877.[8]

The locality was originally known as Gehrkevale after Carl Frederick Wilhelm Gehrke who purchased 100 acres (40 ha) circa 1881 and subsequently purchased a further 630 acres (250 ha).[9] However, during World War I due to anti-German sentiment, the name was changed to Mount Mort,[10] after the Mort family who settled there in 1849.[2] Despite the locality name, there is no mountain by that name.[5]

Gehrkevale Provisional School opened on 18 January 1904.[11] On 1 January 1909, it became Gehrkevale State School. In May 1917, it was renamed Mount Mort State School. It closed temporarily between 1947 and 1949 due to low student numbers. It closed permanently on 18 September 1959.[12][13] It was at 4 Alpers Road (27°48′09″S 152°25′29″E / 27.80248°S 152.42483°E / -27.80248; 152.42483 (Mount Mort State School (former))).[14][15][5]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Mount Mort had a population of 91 people.[16]

In the 2021 census, Mount Mort had a population of 78 people.[1]

Heritage listings

Franklyn Vale Homestead, 1992

Mount Mort has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

There are no schools in Mount Mort. The nearest government primary schools are Grandchester State School in neighbouring Grandchester to the north and Warrill View State School in Warrill View to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Laidley State High School in Laidley to the north-west and Rosewood State High School in Rosewood to the north-east.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Mort (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Mount Mort – locality in City of Ipswich (entry 47269)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Mount Grey – mountain in City of Ipswich (entry 48171)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Franklin Vale Creek – watercourse in the City of Ipswich (entry 13151)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Mount Beau Brummell Regional Park Management Statement" (PDF). Parks and forests. Queensland Government. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Proclamations under the New Land Acts". The Brisbane Courier. Queensland, Australia. 2 March 1877. p. 3. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ ""THE MEN UPON THE LAND."". The Queenslander. No. 2084. Queensland, Australia. 17 February 1906. p. 29. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "GERMAN PLACE NAMES". Morning Bulletin. No. 20, 754. Queensland, Australia. 24 January 1933. p. 6. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Advertising". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser. Vol. XLIV, no. 6629. Queensland, Australia. 28 July 1903. p. 1. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  13. ^ "Agency ID 5939, Mount Mort State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m41" (Map). Queensland Government. 1941. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Liverpoool Range" (Map). Queensland Government. 1944. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  16. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Mort (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  17. ^ "Franklyn Vale Homestead (entry 600728)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  18. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

Further reading

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