Clermont, Queensland

{{anchor|Copperfield}}

Clermont is {{convert|274|km|mi}} south-west of Mackay, at the junction of the Gregory and Peak Downs highways.

The historic towns of North Copperfield ({{Coord|-22.8577|147.6046|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=North Copperfield}}) and South Copperfield ({{Coord|-22.8704|147.6027|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=South Copperfield}}), often referred to collectively as Copperfield are along Christoe Street approximately {{Convert|4|km}} south-west of the Clermont town centre.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=12 September 2021}}

The Gregory Highway runs through the eastern end, and the Peak Downs Highway enters from the east. The Clermont Connection Road links the Gregory Highway to the CBD, and the Clermont-Alpha Road starts in the CBD and exits to the south-west.{{cite map |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11676686#map=9/-22.8396/147.1656 |title=Clermont, Queensland |publisher=OpenStreetMap |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407071046/https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11676686#map=9/-22.8396/147.1656 |url-status=live }}

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| Jan record high C = 45.0

| Feb record high C = 42.5

| Mar record high C = 41.0

| Apr record high C = 36.6

| May record high C = 35.0

| Jun record high C = 31.8

| Jul record high C = 31.5

| Aug record high C = 36.0

| Sep record high C = 39.0

| Oct record high C = 41.9

| Nov record high C = 44.0

| Dec record high C = 44.3

| year record high C = 45.0

| Jan high C = 34.5

| Feb high C = 33.5

| Mar high C = 32.6

| Apr high C = 29.9

| May high C = 26.4

| Jun high C = 23.7

| Jul high C = 23.7

| Aug high C = 25.9

| Sep high C = 29.7

| Oct high C = 32.3

| Nov high C = 33.9

| Dec high C = 34.8

| year high C = 30.1

| Jan mean C = 28.2

| Feb mean C = 27.6

| Mar mean C = 26.2

| Apr mean C = 23.0

| May mean C = 19.0

| Jun mean C = 16.1

| Jul mean C = 15.4

| Aug mean C = 17.1

| Sep mean C = 21.1

| Oct mean C = 24.4

| Nov mean C = 26.5

| Dec mean C = 27.9

| year mean C = 22.7

| Jan low C = 21.9

| Feb low C = 21.6

| Mar low C = 19.9

| Apr low C = 16.0

| May low C = 11.6

| Jun low C = 8.5

| Jul low C = 7.0

| Aug low C = 8.3

| Sep low C = 12.6

| Oct low C = 16.5

| Nov low C = 19.2

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| year low C = 15.4

| Jan record low C = 15.5

| Feb record low C = 12.9

| Mar record low C = 12.0

| Apr record low C = 3.4

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| Jun record low C = -2.1

| Jul record low C = -4.5

| Aug record low C = -2.7

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| Nov record low C = 10.8

| Dec record low C = 12.8

| year record low C = -4.5

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| Feb precipitation mm = 109.8

| Mar precipitation mm = 64.7

| Apr precipitation mm = 27.5

| May precipitation mm = 18.2

| Jun precipitation mm = 23.2

| Jul precipitation mm = 17.2

| Aug precipitation mm = 21.1

| Sep precipitation mm = 16.9

| Oct precipitation mm = 33.9

| Nov precipitation mm = 56.4

| Dec precipitation mm = 81.5

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| Feb precipitation days = 7.3

| Mar precipitation days = 4.1

| Apr precipitation days = 2.6

| May precipitation days = 2.2

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| Aug precipitation days = 1.8

| Sep precipitation days = 1.8

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| Nov precipitation days = 4.9

| Dec precipitation days = 6.1

| year precipitation days = 45.1

| Jan dew point C = 18.5

| Feb dew point C = 18.9

| Mar dew point C = 17.2

| Apr dew point C = 13.7

| May dew point C = 10.4

| Jun dew point C = 8.2

| Jul dew point C = 6.4

| Aug dew point C = 6.3

| Sep dew point C = 8.7

| Oct dew point C = 11.6

| Nov dew point C = 14.2

| Dec dew point C = 16.6

| year dew point C = 12.6

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File:StateLibQld 2 51740 Students at the Clermont State School, Queensland, ca. 1905.jpg

File:StateLibQld 1 51432 Flood damaged, two-storey house at Clermont, 1916.jpg

File:StateLibQld 1 138591 Leo Hotel moving along Lime Street, Clermont, 1917.jpg

Gangalu (Gangulu, Kangulu, Kanolu, Kaangooloo, Khangulu) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gangula country. The Gangula language region includes the towns of Clermont and Springsure, extending south towards the Dawson River.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/12|title=Gangalu|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=23 January 2020}}

Ludwig Leichhardt was the first European to pass through the Clermont area in 1845, but it was the discovery of gold in 1861 that was responsible for the establishment of the town, close to what was Babbinburra clan land.

The town reserve was proclaimed on 25 March 1864, although a gold field was declared in the area in 1862.{{cite web |url=http://www.isaac.qld.gov.au/web/guest/clermont1 |title=Clermont |publisher=Isaac Regional Council |access-date=11 April 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127192222/http://www.isaac.qld.gov.au/web/guest/clermont1 |archive-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Clermont is named after Clermont-Ferrand in France; Clermont-Ferrand was the ancestral home of Oscar de Satge, one of the first European graziers who owned the Wolfang Downs pastoral run.{{cite web|title=Clermont|url=http://www.isaac.qld.gov.au/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=987b4713-2faa-41e2-9835-e77a7137522a&groupId=12238|work=Did you know ...|publisher=Isaac Regional Council|access-date=23 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203055033/http://www.isaac.qld.gov.au/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=987b4713-2faa-41e2-9835-e77a7137522a&groupId=12238|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}

Theresa Creek Post Office opened by 1863, was replaced by Coppermines Post Office at the end of 1863 and Clermont Post Office in 1864.{{Cite web | author = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | url-status = live }}

File:Peak Downs Telegram Office.jpg

In the 1860s and 1870s the area around Clermont was known as "the Peak Downs". The first newspaper, the Peak Downs Telegram and Mining Record, was established in August 1864, and the first issue was dated Tuesday, 4 October.{{cite news |date=11 August 1864 |title=PEAK DOWNS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147934357 |accessdate=16 August 2024 |newspaper=Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=1 (SUPPLEMENT) |via=National Library of Australia |volume=IV |issue=195}}{{cite news |date=15 October 1864 |title=PEAK DOWNS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123606138 |accessdate=16 August 2024 |newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=IV |issue=373}}

The first church in Clermont was a Catholic church opened on Sunday 4 November 1866 and dedicated to St Mary, Blessed Virgin of Sorrows.{{cite news|date=10 November 1866|title=CLERMONT.|volume=I|page=8|newspaper=The Queenslander|issue=41|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20310381|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 September 2021|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209065928/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20310381|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=17 September 1866|title=PEAK DOWNS.|page=4|newspaper=Northern Argus|issue=457|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214408436|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 September 2021|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209065925/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214408436|url-status=live}}

Clermont State School opened on 27 August 1867.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=13 July 2014}}{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}{{cite QSA Agency|5099|Clermont State School|14 July 2014}}

A Congregational church opened in North Copperfield in November 1868.{{cite news|date=21 November 1868|title=CLERMONT.|volume=III|page=5|newspaper=The Queenslander|issue=146|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20321592|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 September 2021|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209070009/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20321592|url-status=live}}

Copper was discovered soon after. In the 1880s up to 4000 Chinese people were resident in Clermont, mining for gold and copper. This led to racial riots and the Chinese were removed from the region in 1888. The decorated soldier Billy Sing was born in Clermont in 1886 of a Chinese father and English mother.

The Presbyterian Church in Clermont was formally re-opened on Sunday 10 June 1883.{{cite news|date=18 June 1883|title=The Morning Bulletin, ROCKHAMPTON.|volume=XXX|page=2|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=4751|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52025929|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 September 2021|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831231941/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52025929|url-status=live}}

The railway was extended north from Emerald to Clermont in February 1884. However, no passenger trains are available to or from Clermont.

A Wesleyan Methodist Church opened in Clermont on the corner of Box Street and Capella Street on Sunday 19 September 1886. This is the site of the current Clermont Uniting Church, but the current church building was built circa 1970.{{cite news|date=1 October 1886|title=CLERMONT.|volume=XXXIV|page=5|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=4744|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52063635|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=12 September 2021|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209065924/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52063635|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=Clermont Wesleyan Methodist Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5385|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=11 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911230705/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5385}}{{Cite web|last=Blake|first=Thom|title=Clermont Methodist Church|url=https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5385|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Queensland religious places database|archive-date=11 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911230651/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5385}}

The town was originally established on low-lying ground next to a lagoon or billabong; flooding was always a problem, with four substantial floods occurring between 1864 and 1896.

St Joseph's School opened in January 1900.{{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}}

The greatest flood, in 1916, killed 65 people out of a town population of 1,500 and remains one of Australia's worst natural disasters in terms of life lost. Following the 1916 flood, many of the wooden buildings of the town were moved using steam traction engines to a new townsite on higher ground. A local amateur photographer, Gordon Pullar took numerous photographs of the moving buildings, published in the 1980s as "A Shifting Town".{{Citation | author1=Stringer, Marguerite | author2=Stringer, Richard | title=A shifting town : glass plate images of Clermont and its people by G. C. Pullar | publication-date=1 January 1986 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37935089 | access-date=29 December 2015 | archive-date=11 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911230652/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37935089 | url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Tianna |date=2016-11-22 |title=1916 flood of Clermont commemorated |url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/1916-flood-clermont-commemorated |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=State Library Of Queensland |language=en |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925170925/https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/1916-flood-clermont-commemorated |url-status=live }}

In the mid-1920s, The Capricornian newspaper refers to a Mr P. Matones (Matonez) as being one of the first owners of the Paris café in Clermont.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69765026|title=CLERMONT.|date=7 November 1925|newspaper=The Capricornian|access-date=5 February 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=9|via=Trove|archive-date=11 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911230655/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/69765026|url-status=live}} John (Jack) and Marouli (Monty) Faros took over the Café in the 1930s. It operated until 1992.{{SLQ-CC-BY|url=http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2019/12/14/paris-cafe-clermont/|title=Paris Cafe, Clermont|date=14 December 2019|author(s)=Anne Scheu|access-date=5 February 2020}}

In 1935, Clermont was important line linking with Charters Towers for public telephone communications.{{Cite news |date=1935-08-01 |title=YACAMUNDA STATION |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70357509 |access-date=2024-06-16 |work=Central Queensland Herald}}

The Clermont public library was opened in 1962.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=15 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

On 27 January 1959 a secondary department was added to Clermont State School, providing secondary education for years 8 to 12. That arrangement ceased with the opening of Clermont State High School on 29 January 1990.{{cite QSA Agency|8836|Clermont State High School|14 July 2014}}

Mistake Creek State School opened in the former locality of Mistake Creek on 24 January 1983.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}}

On 17 May 2019, it was decided to discontinue the locality of Mistake Creek and absorb its land into the neighbouring localities of Clermont, Laglan, Frankfield and Peak Vale.{{Cite web|url=https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/proposals-decisions/decisions#15-030|title=Recent place name decisions|date=14 June 2019|website=Queensland Government|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707022121/https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/proposals-decisions/decisions#15-030|archive-date=7 July 2019|access-date=2019-10-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1413876/15030-qpn1392-proposal.pdf|title=Proposed Locality Boundaries and Names of Isaac Regional Council: Clermont, Laglan, Frankfield and Peak Vale, Central Highlands Regional Council: Argyll and Peak Vale|date=23 November 2018|website=Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027014504/https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1413876/15030-qpn1392-proposal.pdf|archive-date=27 October 2019|access-date=27 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1443963/15030-qpn1392-decision.pdf|title=Locality Boundaries and Names of Isaac Regional Council: Clermont, Laglan, Frankfield and Peak Vale, Central Highlands Regional Council: Argyll and Peak Vale|date=17 May 2019|website=Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy|publisher=Queensland Government|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728222048/https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1443963/15030-qpn1392-decision.pdf|archive-date=28 July 2019|access-date=27 October 2019}}

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the town of Clermont had a population of 2,177 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=UCL315021|name=Clermont (Urban Centre)|access-date=31 July 2013|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Clermont had a population of 3,031 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30626|name=Clermont (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Clermont had a population of 2,952 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30621|name=Clermont (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

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

• Clermont Cemetery, Cemetery Road{{cite QHR|29133|Clermont Cemetery|602756|access-date=10 July 2013}}
• Stone Farm Building, 739 Fleurs Lane{{cite QHR|19673|Stone Farm Building|602555|access-date=10 July 2013}}
• Irlam's Ant Bed Building, Oaky Creek, {{convert|20|km|mi}} west of Clermont on the Clermont-Alpha Road{{cite QHR|16746|Irlam's Ant Bed Building (former)|602010|access-date=10 July 2013}}

Glencore is currently operating the Clermont Mine, located {{convert|12|km|mi}} north west of Clermont.{{cite news|last=Chambers|first=Matt|title=Glencore buys Rio's Clermont for $1bn|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mergers-acquisitions/glencore-buys-rios-clermont-for-1bn/story-fn91vdzj-1226747173394|access-date=1 June 2014|newspaper=The Australian|date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029214037/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mergers-acquisitions/glencore-buys-rios-clermont-for-1bn/story-fn91vdzj-1226747173394|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} When the mine reaches full capacity it will produce up to 12.2 million tonnes of thermal coal for international markets. Clermont Mine delivered its first conveyor of coal in April 2010.MacDonald, C 2010. [http://www.bulkhandling.com.au/news/2010/april/28th-april-2010/other-top-stories/clermont-mine-delivers-first-conveyor-of-coal Clermont mine delivers first conveyor of coal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706103019/http://www.bulkhandling.com.au/news/2010/april/28th-april-2010/other-top-stories/clermont-mine-delivers-first-conveyor-of-coal |date=6 July 2011 }}. The Australian Bulk Handling Review. Retrieved on 11 April 2012.

Clermont also hosted another larger coal mine; Blair Athol coal mine, located {{convert|20|km|mi}} north west of Clermont. The mine supplied customers in Asia and Europe with up to 12 million tonnes of thermal coal per annum. The coal deposit was originally discovered on the site in 1864 and was first mined in 1890. Between 1920 and 1945 coal was mined with an underground method, which is still visible today. The most recent open cut operation started in 1984. Blair Athol Mine was closed on 26 November 2012 after it became completely mined out,{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-23/blair-athol-mine-closes/4388684 |title=Sun goes down on Blair Athol mine |author1=Melissa Maddison |author2=Paul Robinson |access-date=31 July 2013 |date=26 November 2012 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126053051/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-23/blair-athol-mine-closes/4388684 |archive-date=26 November 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }} with its stockpile and train facilities to be used by the Clermont Mine.

File:Mistake Creek State School, 2025.jpg

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Clermont State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at Hetherington Street ({{coord|-22.8365|147.6321|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Clermont State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Clermont State School |url=https://clermontss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Clermont State School |language=en |archive-date=24 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124062836/https://clermontss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.clermontss.eq.edu.au|title=Clermont State School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420121808/http://clermontss.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=20 April 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 237 students with 20 teachers (18 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}}

Mistake Creek State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 6652 Alpha Road ({{coord|-22.9889|147.0833|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Mistake Creek State School}}).{{cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=State and non-state school details |url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018 |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Mistake Creek State School |url=https://mistakecreekss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Mistake Creek State School |language=en |archive-date=26 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326125145/https://mistakecreekss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Mistake Creek State School |url=https://www.mistakecreekss.eq.edu.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326125145/https://mistakecreekss.eq.edu.au/ |archive-date=26 March 2020 |access-date=21 November 2018}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 14 students with 2 teachers and 2 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent).{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2017 |url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |access-date=22 November 2018}} This school is within the former locality of Mistake Creek, which was discontinued and absorbed into neighbouring localities in May 2019; the school is now within the enlarged boundaries of the locality of Clermont.

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 50 Box Street ({{coord|-22.8220|147.6391|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Joseph's Catholic Primary School}}).{{cite web |title=St Joseph's Catholic Primary School |url=https://www.stjosephsclermont.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208140953/https://www.stjosephsclermont.com/ |archive-date=8 February 2019 |access-date=21 November 2018 |df=dmy-all}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 106 students with 10 teachers (9 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).

Clermont State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 1 Kitchener Street ({{coord|-22.8277|147.6389|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Clermont State High School}}).{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Clermont State High School |url=https://clermontshs.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Clermont State High School |language=en |archive-date=19 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119213635/https://clermontshs.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.clermontshs.eq.edu.au|title=Clermont State High School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222033902/http://www.clermontshs.eq.edu.au/|archive-date=22 February 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 182 students with 20 teachers and 15 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).

The Isaac Regional Council operates a public library at the corner of Karmoo and Herschel Street.{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/isaac/clermont_library|title=Clermont Library|date=21 June 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184709/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/isaac/clermont_library|archive-date=15 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=15 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

The Clermont branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Rooms at 28 Sirus Street.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Clermont Uniting Church is at 40 Box Street (corner of Capella Street, {{Coord|-22.8220|147.6409|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Clermont Uniting Church}}).{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}{{Cite web|title=Clermont Capella Congregations of the Uniting Church in Australia|url=https://clermontcapellauc.org.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-11|language=en-US|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831091105/https://clermontcapellauc.org.au/}}

Clermont aerodrome lies {{Convert|3.5|NM|lk=in}} north northeast of the town.

Clermont Historical Centre has displays relating the history of settlement, farming and mining in Clermont, Copperfield, and Blair Athol.{{Cite web |title=Clermont Historical Centre |url=https://www.isaac.qld.gov.au/Facilities/Museums/Clermont-Historical-Centre |access-date=2024-03-04 |publisher=Isaac Regional Council |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112181338/https://www.isaac.qld.gov.au/Facilities/Museums/Clermont-Historical-Centre |url-status=live }}

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• {{Citation | author1=Pullar, G. C. (Gordon Cumming) | author2=Stringer, Marguerite, 1942- | author3=Stringer, Richard, 1936- | title=A shifting town : glass-plate images of Clermont and its people by G.C. Pullar | year=1986 | publication-date=1986 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | isbn=978-0-7022-2012-8 }} — full text available [http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:193104/DU280_C54P85_1986.pdf online]

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• {{cite web|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-clermont-1988.jpg|title=Town map of Clermont|date=1988|publisher=Queensland Government}}
• [http://clermontshow.com.au/ Clermont Show]
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma996911954702061 Annual reports Clermont Hospitals Board 1953 to 1991], State Library of Queensland
• [https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1252305285 Clermont rag: Community newspaper], Trove

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