Mount Coolon, Queensland

Mount Coolon Queensland
Mount Coolon
Coordinates	21°23′13″S 147°20′35″E / 21.387°S 147.343°ECoordinates: 21°23′13″S 147°20′35″E / 21.387°S 147.343°E
Population	567 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	4804
LGA(s)	Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s)	Burdekin
Federal Division(s)	Capricornia
Suburbs around Mount Coolon: Seventy Mile Mount Wyatt Newlands Llanarth Mount Coolon Suttor Belyando Pasha Eaglefield

Mount Coolon is a small town in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2] In the 2011 census, Mount Coolon had a population of 567 people.^[1]

Geography

The Suttor River rises here. The river marks part of the eastern and all of the southern and western boundaries of Mount Coolon. The Selheim River forms a small section of the northern border. The landscape is dotted with many waterholes and numerous peaks belonging to the Leichhardt Range.

History

Mount Coolon was originally called Koala but it was renamed after Thomas Coolon, a prospector who died following a claims dispute.^[2] Mount Coolon Post Office opened on 1 May 1925 (a receiving office had been open from 1922) and closed in 1984.^[3]

Heritage listings

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

• Collinsville road: Barclay's Battery^[4]
• St Annes Road: Suttor River Causeway on the Old Bowen Downs Road^[5]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mount Coolon". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
2. "Mount Coolon (entry 22997)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
3. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
4. "Barclay's Battery (entry 602242)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
5. "Suttor River Causeway, Old Bowen Downs Road (entry 601777)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.