Mount Edwards, Queensland
{{for|the mountain contained within the locality|Mount Edwards (Queensland)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}}
{{GeoGroup}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Mount Edwards
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Landscape of Mount Edwards (the locality), 2022 01.jpg
| caption = Farm in Mount Edwards, 2022
| coordinates = {{coord|-28.0163|152.5269|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Mount Edwards (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 60
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4309
| area = 14.5
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 21.3
| dir1 = W
| location1 = Boonah
| dist2 = 57.5
| dir2 = SW
| location2 = Ipswich
| dist3 = 59.7
| dir3 = W
| location3 = Beaudesert
| dist4 = 96.6
| dir4 = SW
| location4 = Brisbane CBD
| lga = Scenic Rim Region
| stategov = Scenic Rim
| fedgov = Wright
| near-n = Aratula
| near-ne = Aratula
| near-e = Charlwood
| near-se = Moogerah
| near-s = Moogerah
| near-sw = Clumber
| near-w = Tarome
| near-nw = Tarome
}}
Mount Edwards is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|45170|Mount Edwards|locality in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=20 July 2021}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Edwards had a population of 60 people.
Geography
The locality has the following named peaks:
- Mount Edwards (Indigenous name: Moogerah) ({{coord|-28.0129|152.5421|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Edwards (Moogerah)}}) {{convert|634|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}}{{cite QPN|11236|Mount Edwards|mountain in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Little Mount Edwards ({{coord|-28.0182|152.5547|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Little Mount Edwards}}) {{convert|362|m}}{{cite QPN|19636|Little Mount Edwards|mountain in Scenic Rim Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}
Most of the north, centre and east of the locality is occupied by the mountain Mount Edwards. Its upper parts are within the Moogerah Peaks National Park; its lower slopes remain undeveloped bushland. The south and west of the locality is farm land, mostly used for grazing on native vegetation.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=3 January 2022}}
The Cunningham Highway enters the locality from the north (Aratalua), passes west of the mountain, and exits to the south-west (Tarome/Clumber).
History
The locality takes its name from the mountain Mount Edwards within the locality.{{Cite QPN|11236|Mount Edwards (Moogerah)|mountain in Scenic Rim|accessdate=26 February 2019}}
The first stage of the Mount Edwards railway line reached Engelsburg (now Kalbar) on 17 April 1916,{{cite book|last=Kerr|first=John|title=Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways|date=1990|publisher=Boolarong Publications|isbn=978-0-86439-102-5|page=224}} but it was not until 7 October 1922 that the second and final stage of the line opened to its terminus Mount Edwards railway station on the southern corner of the Cunningham Highway and Lake Moogerah Road ({{Coord|-28.02136|152.51578|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Edwards railway station (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1955|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m38|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m38-admin-bdy-1955.jpg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621054045/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m38-admin-bdy-1955.jpg|archive-date=21 June 2021|access-date=4 January 2022|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=4 January 2022}} The Mount Edwards railway line closed on 1 November 1960.{{Cite web|author=Southern Downs Steam Railway|date=2009|title='Via recta' - The line that never was|url=http://www.southerndownssteamrailway.com.au/historical_info/via_recta.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912090308/http://www.southerndownssteamrailway.com.au/historical_info/via_recta.php|archive-date=12 September 2009|accessdate=25 October 2009}}{{Cite web|author=QR Limited|title=Rail as foremost mode of travel|url=http://www.corporate.qr.com.au/history/competition/competition.asp|url-status=dead|accessdate=25 October 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912170503/http://www.corporate.qr.com.au/history/competition/competition.asp|archivedate=12 September 2009|df=dmy-all}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Mount Edwards had a population of 63 people. The locality contains 32 households, in which 46.9% of the population are males and 53.1% of the population are females with a median age of 48, 10 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $900, $538 below the national average.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31975|name=Mount Edwards (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Edwards had a population of 60 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31957|name=Mount Edwards (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
References
{{commons category|Mount Edwards, Queensland}}
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{{Scenic Rim Region}}