Camp Mountain, Queensland

Camp Mountain is near Samford, {{convert|20|km}} north-west of the Brisbane central business district.{{Cn|date=May 2022}}

The south-east of the locality is within D'Aguilar National Park and a lookout and recreation area are accessible off Mount Nebo Road.{{Cite web|date=2009-10-20|title=D'Aguilar National Park|url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/daguilar|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Parks and forests|publisher=Queensland Government|language=en-AU|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411044331/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/daguilar}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=23 April 2021}}

The locality takes its name from the mountain Camp Mountain ({{coord|-27.4118|152.8772|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Camp Mountain (mountain)}}) which rises {{convert|414|m}} above sea level.{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|5947|Camp Mountain|mountain in Moreton Bay Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}

There was gold mining in the area in the 1860s. The miners referred to the area as their "mountain camp" and that is the origin of the name of the mountain and the locality. In the late 1800s the mountain was known as Mount Daniel.

By 1908, banana growing in the Samford district had become one of the area's most important industries, and in 1926 and 1927, more bananas were sent from Samford railway station, just down from Camp Mountain, to Sydney and Melbourne than any other station in Queensland.{{cite web |title=Samford |url=http://www.prsc.qld.gov.au/c/prsc?a=da&did=1132528&pid=1095921511 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002161750/http://www.prsc.qld.gov.au/c/prsc?a=da |archivedate=2 October 2009 |publisher=Moreton Bay Regional Council}} This successful industry existed until the banana bunchy top virus wiped out the crops{{cite web |title=Harcourts Samford – About |url=http://samford.harcourts.com.au/5,About%20Us.aspx |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719082801/http://samford.harcourts.com.au/5%2CAbout%20Us.aspx |archivedate=19 July 2008 |accessdate=20 March 2008 |publisher=Harcourts Group |df=dmy-all}} in the early 1930s.{{cite web |date=22 March 2007 |title=A brief history of the Samford Valley |url=http://www.samfordmuseum.com.au/history_content.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828060332/http://www.samfordmuseum.com.au/history_content.html |archive-date=28 August 2008 |access-date=22 March 2008 |publisher=Moreton Bay Regional Council}} Dairy farming and timber were other industries in the district and out to the end of the line at Dayboro, as well as the quarrying of granite at Camp Mountain, used in the foundations of Brisbane City Hall.

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Camp Mountain railway station ({{coord|-27.3947|152.8919|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Camp Mountain railway station (former)}}) opened in 1918,{{Citation|author1=Australia. Army. Royal Australian Survey Corps|title=Samford, Queensland|date=1958|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34739275|edition=Second|publisher=Royal Australian Survey Corps|access-date=20 September 2020|author2=Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Squadron, 87|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423063635/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34739275|url-status=live}} and until 1955 the train line to Dayboro traversed the area.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Camp Mountain State School opened on circa 1929 and closed circa 1955.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} It was on Upper Camp Mountain Road (approx {{Coord|-27.4014|152.8643|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Camp Mountain State School (approx)}}).{{Cite web|date=1958|title=Samford|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-samford-ed-2-1958.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=23 April 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423052858/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-samford-ed-2-1958.jpg |archive-date=23 April 2021 }}

On 5 May 1947, the Camp Mountain rail accident occurred at approximately 9:48{{nbsp}}am when a crowded picnic train derailed on a sharp left-hand curve between Ferny Grove and Camp Mountain stations ({{Coord|-27.39713|152.89577|type:event_region:AU-QLD|name=Camp Mountain rail accident}}). With 16 fatalities and 38 injured, the accident was (and remains) the largest loss of life in a rail accident on the Queensland railway network.{{Cite news |last=Purtell |first=Meg |date=2021-12-26 |title=Crash survivor remembers Queensland's worst rail disaster at Camp Mountain 75 years on |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-26/qld-rail-disaster-camp-mountain-labour-day-1947/100719314 |access-date=2024-03-25 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |title=Camp Mountain Train Crash |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/91010-camp-mountain-train-crash |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Monument Australia}}

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In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Camp Mountain recorded a population of 1,258 people, 51% female and 49% male.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30306|name=Camp Mountain (State Suburb)|accessdate=16 February 2014|quick=on}} The median age of the Camp Mountain population was 41 years, 4 years above the national median of 37. 81.7% of people living in Camp Mountain were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 1%, Italy 0.9%, South Africa 0.6%. 92.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1% German, 0.6% Dutch, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.6% Italian, 0.3% Hungarian.

In the {{CensusAU|2016}} Camp Mountain had a population of 1,416 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30509|name=Camp Mountain (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Camp Mountain had a population of 1,447 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30505|name=Camp Mountain (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

File:Selector's Hut (former) (2007).jpg

Camp Mountain has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• 20 Upper Camp Mountain Road ({{coord|-27.3923|152.8743|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Selector's Hut (heritage)}}): Selector's Hut{{cite QHR|29110|Selector's Hut (former)|602654|accessdate=11 July 2013}}

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There are no schools is Camp Mountain. The nearest government primary schools are Samford State School in neighbouring Samford Village to the north, Patrick Road State School in neighbouring Ferny Hills to the east, and Ferny Grove State School in Ferny Grove to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Ferny Grove State High School in Ferny Grove to the east.

The Samford Ecological Research Facility is a {{Convert|51|ha|adj=on}} parcel of land bequeathed by Elizabeth Nesta Marks to the Queensland University of Technology as a teaching and research facility for biodiversity and conservation, urban development, and agriculture.{{Cite web|last=Technology (QUT)|first=Queensland University of|title=About SERF|url=https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-for-future-environments/facilities/samford-ecological-research-facility/about-serf|access-date=2021-04-23|website=QUT|language=en|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117131331/https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-for-future-environments/facilities/samford-ecological-research-facility/about-serf|url-status=live}} It is at 148 Camp Mountain Road ({{Coord|-27.3880|152.8784|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Samford Ecological Research Facility}}).

There are a number of parks in the locality, including:

• Mcafee Park ({{coord|-27.3921|152.8788|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mcafee Park}}){{Cite web|date=20 November 2020|title=Land for public recreation - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|archive-date=22 November 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
• Mitchell Park ({{coord|-27.4099|152.8657|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mitchell Park}})

• Orr Park ({{coord|-27.3935|152.8929|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Orr Park}})

• Peterson Park ({{coord|-27.3926|152.8901|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Peterson Park}})

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Camp Mountain Lookout is at the end of Camp Mountain Road within the D'Aguilar National Park ({{coord|-27.4102|152.8790|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Camp Mountain Lookout}}).{{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Tourist points - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124222328/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}} Part of the historic Enoggera goldfields, the lookout provides views of Moreton Bay, the Brisbane skyline and the Glass House Mountains.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-21|title=Camp Mountain lookout {{!}} D'Aguilar National Park|url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/daguilar/attractions/camp-mountain-lookout|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-23|website=Parks and forests|publisher=Queensland Government|language=en-AU|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308053930/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/daguilar/attractions/camp-mountain-lookout}}

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• {{Citation|author1=Appleton, Louise|title=Centenary Samford State School, 1872-1972 : history of the Samford State School and also history in brief of Camp Mountain Provisional School and Closeburn, Highvale and Parker State Schools in the Samford Valley|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32778031|publication-date=1972}}

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• {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/camp-mountain|title=Camp Mountain|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}

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Category:Suburbs of the City of Moreton Bay

Category:Localities in Queensland