Mount Barney, Queensland
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{GeoGroup}}{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Mount Barney
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Mt Barney over the fog from Lillydale - panoramio.jpg
| caption = Looking across the farmland to Mount Barney, 2013
| coordinates = {{coord|-28.2777|152.7077|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Mount Barney (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 46
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4287
| area = 82.7
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 17.9
| dir1 = WSW
| location1 = Rathdowney
| dist2 = 48.7
| dir2 = S
| location2 = Boonah
| dist3 = 49.2
| dir3 = SW
| location3 = Beaudesert
| dist4 = 119
| dir4 = WSW
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = Scenic Rim Region
| stategov = Scenic Rim
| fedgov = Wright
| near-n = Barney View
| near-ne = Barney View
| near-e = Palen Creek
| near-se = Mount Lindesay
| near-s = Dairy Flat
| near-sw = Lindesay Creek
| near-w = Burnett Creek
| near-nw = Maroon
}}
Mount Barney is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|45169|Mount Barney|locality in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=20 July 2021}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Barney had a population of 46 people.
The locality borders New South Wales.{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=11 April 2022}}
Geography
File:Track on farmland at the foot of Mount Barney in Queensland, circa 1952.jpg
The locality takes its name from the mountain of the same name. The Mount Barney National Park occupies all of the south and west of the locality with other discontiguous sections of the national park in the north and east of the locality.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use; |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
The Logan River rises in the south-west of the locality ({{Coord|-28.32494|152.67771|type:river_region:AU-QLD|name=Logan River (source)}}). It flows through the locality forming part of the south-eastern boundary and part of the north-eastern boundary, before exiting the locality to the north-east (Barney View).{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
Farm land lies in a valley of the Logan River in the eastern part of the locality which separates the mountain Mount Barney from Mount Gillies in the very east of the locality. The land use in the valley is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing near the Logan River.
The locality has the following mountains (from north to south):
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- Toms Tum ({{coord|-28.2615|152.6989|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Toms Tum}}) {{convert|718|m}}
- North East Rock ({{coord|-28.2671|152.7005|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=North East Rock}}) {{convert|919|m}}
- Bippoh Peak ({{coord|-28.2708|152.6839|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Bippoh Peak}}) {{convert|939|m}}
- Leaning Peak ({{coord|-28.2726|152.6924|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Leaning Peak}}) {{convert|1138|m}}
- North Pinnacle ({{coord|-28.2760|152.6960|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=North Pinnacle}}) {{convert|1229|m}}
- Barrabool ({{coord|-28.2784|152.6810|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Barrabool}}) {{convert|1149|m}}{{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}}
- Mount Barney (East) (East Peak) ({{coord|-28.2805|152.6982|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Barney (East) (East Peak)}}) {{convert|1354|m}}{{cite QPN|22973|Mount Barney (East)|mountain in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Mount Barney (West Peak) ({{coord|-28.2816|152.6865|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Barney (West Peak)}}) {{convert|1358|m}}{{cite QPN|40972|Mount Barney|mountain in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Yellow Pinch ({{coord|-28.2832|152.7264|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Yellow Pinch}}) {{convert|391|m}}{{cite QPN|38621|Yellow Pinch|mountain in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}{{cite QPN|15145|Gwyala Peak|mountain in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Gwyala Peak ({{coord|-28.2855|152.6633|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Gwyala Peak}}) {{convert|1269|m}}
- Burrajum Peak ({{coord|-28.2905|152.6752|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Burrajum Peak}}) {{convert|1242|m}}
- Mount Ernest ({{coord|-28.3145|152.7087|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Ernest}}) {{convert|964|m}}{{cite QPN|11826|Mount Ernest|mountain in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
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History
The Thulumbah Provisional School opened in 1901 and became Thulumbah State School on 1 January 1909. In 1916, it was renamed Mount Barney State School. The school closed in 1962.{{Citation|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|author1=Queensland Family History Society|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} It was located on a bend in the Mount Barney Road ({{Coord|-28.2412|152.7651|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Mount Barney State School (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=1935 |title=Dugandan |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-dugandan-1935.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530003441/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-dugandan-1935.jpg |archive-date=30 May 2020 |access-date=30 April 2020 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map}}
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Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Mount Barney had a population of 22 people. The locality contains 23 households, in which 50.0% of the population are males and 50.0% of the population are females with a median age of 31, 7 years below the national average. The average weekly household income is $0, $1,438 below the national average.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31956|name=Mount Barney (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Barney had a population of 46 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31938|name=Mount Barney (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Mount Barney. The nearest government primary school is Rathdowney State School in Rathdowney to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Boonah State High School in Boonah to the north.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=19 February 2025 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Mount Barney}}
{{Scenic Rim Region}}