Greenmount, Queensland (Mackay Region)
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| Coordinates: 21°10′56″S 149°01′58″E / 21.1822°S 149.0327°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 17.8 km2 (6.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 488 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 27.42/km2 (71.01/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4751 | ||||||||||||
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Greenmount is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Greenmount had a population of 488 people.[1]
In 1861 John Mackay (the first British person to explore Mackay area and after whom the city is named) leased a pastoral run which he called Greenmount.[3] In order to meet the government's requirement that the run have stock on it within nine months, he entered into a partnership with James Starr, a squatter from the New England district, and 1200 cattle were on the run by January 1862. However, Starr became insolvent and there was a forced sale of the property in 1863, ending Mackay's association with the Mackay area.[4]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Greenmount had a population of 473 people.[5]
In the 2021 census, Greenmount had a population of 488 people.[1]
