Mount Maroon
{{Short description|Mountain in Australia}}
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| location = Queensland, Australia
| range = McPherson Range
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Mount Maroon is a mountain in South East Queensland that is part of the McPherson Range. The mountain rises to {{convert|966|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level about 12 km west of Rathdowney.
The original indigenous name for the mountain is Wahlmoorum which means sand goanna in the Yuggera language.{{cite web |url=https://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/mount_barney_national_park/mount_barney_mdash_nature_culture_and_history.html |title=Mount Barney: Nature, culture and history |author=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |accessdate=2009-07-31 |date= |work= |publisher=The State of Queensland }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Another aboriginal name documented for the mountain is Dahl-moor-uhn, which means "big fellow waterhole bunyip" attributed to two small yet deep lagoons, on the summit of the mountain.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19649878 |title=THE MAROON DISTRICT. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=16,406 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 August 1910 |accessdate=19 May 2017 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}} The earliest photograph of the lagoons are from 1910.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21881700 |title=MAROON. |newspaper=The Queenslander |issue=2315 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 July 1910 |accessdate=19 May 2017 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}} The current name for the mountain comes from the first grazing property in the area called Maroon.{{cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2000 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1008-X |pages=32–33 }}
Mount Maroon consists mainly of rhyolite and has its geological origins in cooling molten rock beneath the surface.
The mountain was first gazetted in 1938 as Mount Maroon National Park. In 1950, Mount Barney National Park was extended to include Mount Maroon and nearby Mount May. The mountain contains areas of montane heath vegetation, rocky pavement and mallee ash shrublands.Mount Barney National Park: Visitor Information[brochure]. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. 2001. Environmental Protection Agency.
Three rock climbers had to be rescued from the mountain in 2002.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200209/s685241.htm |title=Rock climbers winched to safety |accessdate=2009-07-31 |date=2002-09-25 |work=ABC News Online |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation }} In early 2008 a bull mastiff named Diff made headlines when it slipped over a ledge and had to be rescued via helicopter.{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/diff-the-dog-safe-and-sound/2008/01/03/1198949959040.html |title=Diff the dog safe and sound |author= |accessdate=2009-07-31 |date=2008-01-03 |work=The Age |publisher=The Age Company Ltd }} The dog, which was not permitted to be in the national park, led rescuers (by its barking) to two men who were stranded on a steep cliff ledge while trying to rescue the dog.