Little Liverpool Range

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CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
RegionSouth East Queensland
Range coordinates27°38.3′S 152°28′E / 27.6383°S 152.467°E / -27.6383; 152.467
Little Liverpool
View from Lanefield across Ashwell and Mount Bluff along the range, 2015
Geography
Little Liverpool is located in Queensland
Little Liverpool
Little Liverpool
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
RegionSouth East Queensland
Range coordinates27°38.3′S 152°28′E / 27.6383°S 152.467°E / -27.6383; 152.467
Parent rangeGreat Dividing Range

The Little Liverpool Range is a mountain range of the Scenic Rim and Lockyer Creek valley, part of the Great Dividing Range, which is located in the South East region of Queensland, Australia.

The range extends from the Main Range to the west of Aratula northwards to Plainland, where the Warrego Highway crosses the range. The range forms the drainage divide between the Bremer River valley from the Laidley Creek valley, a tributary of Lockyer Creek.

Allan Cunningham and his party were the first Europeans to explore the area. They crossed the range in 1829.[1]

Mountain peaks in the Little Liverpool Range include Mount Castle, Kangaroo Mountain, Grass Tree Knoll, Mt Beau Brummell, Mount Stradbroke, Mount Grandchester, and Two Tree Hill. One of the regions weather stations Marburg radar station is positioned on the range at a height of 370 m (1,210 ft).[2]

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