Gowrie Mountain, Queensland

Gowrie Mountain is a locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Gowrie Mountain had a population of 224 people.[1]

Gowrie Mountain
Queensland
Looking west along the Warrego Highway towards Gowrie Mountain, 2015
Gowrie Mountain
Coordinates27.5141°S 151.82°E / -27.5141; 151.82
Population224 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density97.4/km2 (252/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4350
Area2.3 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Condamine
Federal Division(s)Groom
Suburbs around Gowrie Mountain:
Kingsthorpe Kingsthorpe Kingsthorpe
Kingsthorpe Gowrie Mountain Charlton
Wellcamp Wellcamp Wellcamp

Geography

The Warrego Highway forms the northern boundary of the locality while Dry Creek forms the southern boundary. The lower of the two peaks of Gowrie Mountain (630 metres above sea level) is in the far east of the locality while the higher peak (674 metres above sea level) is in the neighbouring locality of Charlton.[3]

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain which, in turn, took its name from a corrupted Aboriginal word cowarie, which probably referred to Gowrie Creek, but which also referred to the freshwater mussel.[2]

Gowrie Mountain Provisional School opened on 30 May 1901, becoming Gowrie Mountain State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1967.[4]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gowrie Mountain (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  2. "Gowrie Mountain – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 47955)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0

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