Mothar Mountain
Queensland
Mothar Mountain is located in Queensland
Mothar Mountain
Mothar Mountain
Coordinates26°14′00″S 152°45′45″E / 26.2333°S 152.7625°E / -26.2333; 152.7625 (Mothar Mountain (centre of locality))
Population534 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density9.223/km2 (23.89/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4570
Area57.9 km2 (22.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Gympie Region
State electorate(s)Gympie
Federal division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Mothar Mountain:
Monkland East Deep Creek Cedar Pocket
Glanmire
Woondum		 Mothar Mountain Kin Kin
Tandur Traveston Cooran

Mothar Mountain is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Mothar Mountain had a population of 534 people.[1]

Geography

The southern and eastern parts of the locality constitute the western half of Woondum National Park. The Mothar Mountain Rock Pools are in a day-use area at the entrance to the National Park.[3]

History

Mothar Mountain rock pools is believed to have been a site of significance to the Aboriginal people of the area but unfortunately little is known. MOTHAR Mountain Provisional School opened on July 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Mothar Mountain State School. In 1929 the name was corrected to Mothar Mountain State School. It closed on 13 July 1970.[4] It was located on the western side of the Noosa Road north of the junction with Shadbolt Road, roughly opposite the Mothar Mountain Hall (approx 26°14′37″S 152°44′55″E / 26.2437°S 152.7486°E / -26.2437; 152.7486 (Mothar Mountain State School (site))).[5][6] The school building is no longer extant.[7]

The Mothar Mountain Hall was built in 1957.[8]

In the 2016 census Mothar Mountain had a population of 534 people.[1]

Heritage listings

Mothar Mountain Hall on Noosa Road is listed on the Gympie Local Heritage Register.[8]

Amenities

Mothar Mountain Hall is on the northern corner of the junction of Noosa Road and Shadbolt Road (26°14′43″S 152°45′01″E / 26.2454°S 152.7503°E / -26.2454; 152.7503 (Mothar Mountain Hall)).[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mothar Mountain (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Mothar Mountain – locality in Gympie Region (entry 50240)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Google (26 August 2019). "Mothar Mountain, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  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
  5. ↑ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m110" (Map). Queensland Government. 1952. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Gympie" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mothar Mountain State School". School Archive Queensland. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 "Mothar Mountain Hall" (PDF). Local Heritage Register. Gympie Regional Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Public halls and venues - Gympie Regional Council". www.gympie.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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