Mentmore, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 20°45′48″S 148°44′18″E / 20.7633°S 148.7383°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 136.8 km2 (52.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.000/km2 (0.000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4798 | ||||||||||||
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Mentmore is a coastal locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mentmore had "no people or a very low population".[1]
The Tonga Range runs through the centre of the locality with Tonga Mountain, the highest peak at 233 metres.[3]
Mentmore has the following mountains (from north to south):
- Tonga Mountain (20°44′43″S 148°43′25″E / 20.7453°S 148.7237°E) 233 metres (764 ft)[4][5]
- Rocky Mountain (20°46′51″S 148°49′07″E / 20.7809°S 148.8185°E) 120 metres (390 ft)[4][6]
Mentore has the following coastal features (from north to south):
- Ten Mile Beach (20°42′04″S 148°43′49″E / 20.7010°S 148.7304°E)[7]
- Mentmore Beach (20°46′36″S 148°48′21″E / 20.7766°S 148.8058°E)[7]
- Stewart Peninsula (20°46′48″S 148°48′46″E / 20.7801°S 148.8127°E)[8]
- Dewars Beach (20°47′05″S 148°50′02″E / 20.7847°S 148.8340°E)[7]
- Dewars Point, a headland (20°47′33″S 148°50′19″E / 20.7924°S 148.8386°E)[4][9]
Offshore are a number of named marine features:
- Gould Island (20°40′21″S 148°45′32″E / 20.6726°S 148.7590°E)[10][11]
- Midge Island (20°41′26″S 148°45′50″E / 20.6906°S 148.7640°E)[10][12]
- Cave Island (20°47′01″S 148°51′21″E / 20.7836°S 148.8558°E)[10][13]
- Brothers Islands, an island group (20°47′22″S 148°51′09″E / 20.7895°S 148.8524°E).[14]
- High Islands, an island group (20°48′02″S 148°52′30″E / 20.8005°S 148.8751°E)[14][10][15]
- St Helens Bay (20°48′51″S 148°52′33″E / 20.81417°S 148.87583°E)[16][17]
History
Menmore was officially named and bounded by the Minister for Natural Resources on 3 September 1999.[2]
Mentmore Beach was a popular holiday destination in the 1930s and 1940s with swimming and fishing the main attractions.[19][20] However, plans to develop the beach as a seaside resort required subdivision of land which was unable to proceed until a better access road was established and the road was never funded.[21]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Mentmore had "no people or a very low population".[22]
In the 2021 census, Mentmore had "no people or a very low population".[1]
