Mount Elliot, Queensland
{{distinguish|Mount Elliott Mining Complex}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{GeoGroup}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Mount Elliot
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Alligator Creek Falls.jpg
| caption = Alligator Creek Falls, 1997
| coordinates = {{coord|-19.5069|146.9588|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Mount Elliot (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 0
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4816
| area = 265.8
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 26.6
| dir1 = SE
| location1 = Annandale
| dist2 = 30.0
| dir2 = SE
| location2 = Townsville CBD
| dist3 = 1345
| dir3 = NNW
| location3 = Brisbane
| dist4 =
| dir4 =
| location4 =
| lga = City of Townsville
| stategov = Burdekin
| fedgov = Kennedy
| fedgov2 = Dawson
| near-n = Nome
| near-ne = Cape Cleveland
| near-e = Cromarty
| near-se = Mount Surround
| near-s = Majors Creek
| near-sw = Barringha
| near-nw = Alligator Creek
}}
Mount Elliot is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|44609|Mount Elliot|locality in City of Townsville|accessdate=8 November 2017}} It contains the mountain of the same name.{{Cite QPN|11545|Mount Elliot|mountain in the City of Townsville|accessdate=11 December 2017}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Elliot had "no people or a very low population".
Geography
The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line form the northern boundary of the locality,{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=8 December 2023}} with the locality once served by the now-abandoned Clevedon railway station ({{coord|-19.3964|147.0220|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Clevedon railway station (former)}}).{{Cite web |date=2 October 2020 |title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd |archive-date=5 October 2020 |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}} The northern part of Mount Elliot is still known as Clevedon.{{Cite QPN|7409|Clevedon|unbounded locality in City of Townsville|accessdate=11 December 2017}}
The locality has the following named peaks (from north to south):
- Mount Storth ({{coord|-19.4136|147.0115|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Storth}}) {{convert|632|m}}
- Saddle Mountain ({{coord|-19.4460|147.0152|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Saddle Mountain}}) {{convert|882|m}}{{cite QPN|29413|Saddle Mountain|mountain in Townsville City|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Mount Elliot ({{coord|-19.4883|146.9675|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Elliot}}) {{convert|1218|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|11545|Mount Elliot|mountain in Townsville City|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Shoulder ({{coord|-19.5291|146.9960|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Shoulder}}) {{convert|1022|m}}{{cite QPN|30783|Shoulder|mountain in Townsville City|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Sharp Elliot ({{coord|-19.5550|146.9862|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Sharp Elliot}}) {{convert|1183|m}}{{cite QPN|30585|Sharp Elliot|mountain in Townsville City|access-date=25 November 2020}}
The locality is considerably more mountainous than its surrounding localities at 50–100 metres above sea level. The entire locality forms part of the Bowling Green Bay National Park with the Alligator Creek and its waterfall being within the Mount Elliot part of the park.
Mount Elliot is a watershed with the northern and western parts of the mountain draining into the Ross River which enters the Coral Sea at Townsville City and the southern and eastern parts of the mountain draining into the Haughton River which enters the Coral Sea near Giru.
History
The mountain was most likely named by Thomas Stewart, captain of the merchant ship, Lady Elliot, which sailed from Calcutta to Sydney in 1815-1816. It is believed the ship was named after the wife of Hugh Elliot, Privy Counsellor, and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.{{Cite QPN|11545|Mount Elliot|access-date=21 February 2021}}
From 1846 until 1863, shipwreck survivor James Morrill lived with the Aboriginal clan whose country was Mount Elliot and the surrounding area.{{cite book |last1=Morrill |first1=James |title=Sketch of a residence among the Aboriginals of Northern Queensland for seventeen years. |date=1863 |publisher=Courier General |location=Brisbane |url=https://nqheritage.jcu.edu.au/724/ |access-date=21 February 2021 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129224958/https://nqheritage.jcu.edu.au/724/ |url-status=live }}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Mount Elliot had a population of 8 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31976|name=Mount Elliot (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Elliot had "no people or a very low population".{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31958|name=Mount Elliot (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Mount Elliot, Queensland}}{{Suburbs of Townsville}}