Mount Kilcoy, Queensland

Mount Kilcoy is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Mount Kilcoy had a population of 261 people.[1]

Mount Kilcoy
Queensland
Mount Kilcoy State School, 2015
Mount Kilcoy
Coordinates26.8422°S 152.5724°E / -26.8422; 152.5724
Population261 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density3.350/km2 (8.678/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4515
Area77.9 km2 (30.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal Division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Mount Kilcoy:
Jimna Jimna Jimna
Sheep Station Creek Mount Kilcoy Sandy Creek
Sheep Station Creek Winya Sandy Creek

Geography

Mount Kilcoy occupies a valley drained by Kilcoy Creek at the southern end of the Conondale Range. Kilcoy Weir was built at Mount Kilcoy and is able to retain a maximum of 158 megalitres.[3] The flatter land along the creek is used for agriculture while the sloping terrain towards the north, east and western boundaries remains vegetated.

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain which in turn takes its name from the pastoral station established by brothers Evan and Colin Mackenzie in 1842, which in turns takes its name from Kilcoy in Ross-shire, Scotland (57.5376°N 4.3708°W / 57.5376; -4.3708 (Kilcoy, Ross-shire, Scotland)).[2]

Mount Kilcoy State School opened on 18 January 1909 with a single teacher.[4][5]

At the 2011 census the locality recorded a population of 255.[6]

Education

Mount Kilcoy State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 251 Jenkinsons Road (26.8736°S 152.5869°E / -26.8736; 152.5869 (Mount Kilcoy State School)).[7][8] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 129 students with 13 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).[9]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Kilcoy (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Mount Kilcoy – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44902)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. "Weirs". Seqwater. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. "Mount Kilcoy State School". Department of Education and Training. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mount Kilcoy (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  7. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  8. "Mount Kilcoy State School". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  9. "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.

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