Mount Irving, Queensland
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{GeoGroup}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Mount Irving
| city =
| state = qld
| image = Mount Irving.jpg
| caption = Mount Irving, 2014
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.5144|151.5777|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Mount Irving (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 34
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4401
| area = 17.2
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 21.8
| dir1 = SE
| location1 = Oakey
| dist2 = 29.7
| dir2 = N
| location2 = Pittsworth
| dist3 = 38.7
| dir3 = W
| location3 = Toowoomba CBD
| dist4 = 168
| dir4 = W
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = Toowoomba Region
| stategov = Condamine
| fedgov = Groom
| near-n = Yargullen
| near-ne = Yargullen
| near-e = Purrawunda
| near-se = Motley
| near-s = Mount Tyson
| near-sw = Mount Tyson
| near-w = Mount Tyson
| near-nw = Evanslea
}}
Mount Irving is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|48010|Mount Irving|locality in Toowoomba Region|access-date=17 November 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Irving had a population of 34 people.
Geography
Mount Irving is on the Darling Downs.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=9 December 2023}}
The mountain Mount Irving is in the north-east of the locality ({{coord|-27.5101|151.5902|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Irving}}) and its peak is at {{Convert|463|m||abbr=}} above sea level; the surrounding plain being approximately {{Convert|400|m||abbr=}}.{{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|16850|Mount Irving|mountain in Toowoomba Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=9 December 2023}}
The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road enters the locality from the south-east (Purrawunda / Motley), forms the southern boundary of the locality, and exits to the south-west (Evanslea).{{cite map |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11675816 |title=Mount Irving, Queensland |publisher=OpenStreetMap |access-date=13 February 2022 |archive-date=13 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213043646/https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11675816 |url-status=live }}
The land use is predominantly crop growing with some grazing on native vegetation.
History
The locality takes its name from the nearby mountain, which in run was named for Clark Irving of Warra (also known Warra Warra) pastoral run.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article254047966 |title=SOME DOWNS PLACE NAMES. |newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette |volume=LXVII |issue=277 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 November 1928 |access-date=23 November 2019 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=22 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222033443/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254047966 |url-status=live }}{{Cite QPN|16850|Mount Irving|mountain in the Toowoomba Region|access-date=23 November 2019}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Mount Irving had a population of 15 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31991|name=Mount Irving (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mount Irving had a population of 34 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31973|name=Mount Irving (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Mount Irving. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Tyson State School in neighbouring Mount Tyson to the south and Biddeston State School in Biddeston to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Oakey State High School in Oakey to the north-east.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=9 December 2023 |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 }}