Greenmount
Queensland
Greenmount is located in Queensland
Greenmount
Greenmount
Coordinates21°10′56″S 149°01′58″E / 21.1822°S 149.0327°E / -21.1822; 149.0327
Population473 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density26.57/km2 (68.82/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4751
Area17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Mackay Region
State electorate(s)Mirani
Federal division(s)Capricornia
Suburbs around Greenmount:
Pleystowe Pleystowe Walkerston
Marian Greenmount Palmyra
Victoria Plains Palmyra Palmyra

Greenmount is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Greenmount had a population of 473 people.[1]

History

In 1861 John Mackay (the first British person to explore Mackay area and after whom the city is named) leased a pastoral run which he called Greenmount.[3] In order to meet the government's requirement that the run have stock on it within nine months, he entered into a partnership with James Starr, a squatter from the New England district, and 1200 cattle were on the run by January 1862. However, Starr became insolvent and there was a forced sale of the property in 1863, ending Mackay's association with the Mackay area.[4]

In the 2016 census, Greenmount had a population of 473 people.[1]

Heritage listings

Greenmount has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

There are no schools in Greenmount. The nearest primary school is in neighbouring Walkerston. The nearest secondary school is Mackay State High School in South Mackay.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Greenmount (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Greenmount – locality in Mackay Region (entry 49361)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "District Place Names". Daily Mercury. Vol. 56, no. 562. Queensland, Australia. 9 December 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 7 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Nilsson, J. A., "Mackay, John (1839–1914)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 23 February 2020
  5. ↑ "Greenmount Homestead (entry 600987)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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