Greenmount, Queensland (Mackay Region)
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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
- Greenmount Road: Greenmount Homestead[5]
Education
There are no schools in Greenmount. The nearest primary school is in neighbouring
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Greenmount (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Greenmount – locality in Mackay Region (entry 49361)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Nilsson, J. A., "Mackay, John (1839–1914)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 23 February 2020
- ^ "Greenmount Homestead (entry 600987)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
