Mount Coolon, Queensland

The Suttor River rises here. The river marks part of the eastern and all of the southern and western boundaries of Mount Coolon. The Sellheim River forms a small section of the northern border. The landscape is dotted with many waterholes and numerous peaks belonging to the Leichhardt Range.^{[citation needed]}

Mount Coolon has the following mountains:

• Beaucazon Peak (21.0811°S 147.0009°E / -21.0811; 147.0009 (Beaucazon Peak)) 291 metres (955 ft)^[4][5]
• Bulgonunna Peak (21.2932°S 147.5396°E / -21.2932; 147.5396 (Bulgonunna Peak)) 516 metres (1,693 ft)^[4][6]
• Bungobine Peak (21.0731°S 147.3634°E / -21.0731; 147.3634 (Bungobine Peak)) 358 metres (1,175 ft)^[4][7]
• Carey Guille (20.9925°S 147.0093°E / -20.9925; 147.0093 (Carey Guille)) 374 metres (1,227 ft)^[4][8]
• Mount Carmel (21.3129°S 147.1947°E / -21.3129; 147.1947 (Mount Carmel)) 290 metres (950 ft)^[4][9]
• Mount Douglas (21.4008°S 146.9154°E / -21.4008; 146.9154 (Mount Douglas)) 279 metres (915 ft)^[4][10]
• Mount Harry Marsh (21.1798°S 147.1890°E / -21.1798; 147.1890 (Mount Harry Marsh)) 375 metres (1,230 ft)^[4][11]
• Mount Kroman (21.1533°S 146.9857°E / -21.1533; 146.9857 (Mount Kroman)) 345 metres (1,132 ft)^[4][12]
• Mount Loudon (21.1143°S 147.3434°E / -21.1143; 147.3434 (Mount Loudon)) 418 metres (1,371 ft)^[4][13]
• Mount Manaman (21.4253°S 147.3492°E / -21.4253; 147.3492 (Mount Manaman)) 350 metres (1,150 ft)^[4][14]
• Mount Patterson (21.2140°S 147.4122°E / -21.2140; 147.4122 (Mount Patterson)) 430 metres (1,410 ft)^[4][15]
• Mount Tindale (20.9686°S 147.3196°E / -20.9686; 147.3196 (Mount Tindale)) 426 metres (1,398 ft)^[4][16]
• Norcot Peak (21.0909°S 146.9968°E / -21.0909; 146.9968 (Norcot Peak)) 294 metres (965 ft)^[4][17]
• Rodborough Hill (21.0328°S 147.0380°E / -21.0328; 147.0380 (Rodborough Hill)) 296 metres (971 ft)^[4][18]
• Scartwater Hill (21.0877°S 146.8673°E / -21.0877; 146.8673 (Scartwater Hill)) 196 metres (643 ft)^[4][19]
• The Tor (21.0363°S 146.9014°E / -21.0363; 146.9014 (The Tor)) 224 metres (735 ft)^[4][20]
• Whitestone Peak (20.9815°S 147.4658°E / -20.9815; 147.4658 (Whitestone Peak)) 425 metres (1,394 ft)^[4][21]

Mount Coolon was originally called Koala, and was founded on Yangga tribal lands. It was renamed after Thomas Coolon, a prospector.^[2]

In 1918, following a claims dispute, Coolon shot and killed four men, then committed suicide.^[22]

Koala Provisional School opened on 11 July 1921. On 1 September 1925, it became Koala State School. In 1946, it was renamed Mount Coolon State School in 1946. It closed in 1950, but reopened in 1962.^[23] It finally closed on 30 April 1971.^[24]

Mount Coolon Post Office opened on 1 May 1925 (a receiving office had been open from 1922) and closed in 1984.^[25]

Koala police station opened in 1925 and was renamed Mount Coolon police station in 1931. It closed in 1967. 18 police officers served at the station over its lifetime.^[23]

Between 1925 and 1967 when the station closed there were 18 officers stationed at Mt Coolon.

In the 2011 census, the locality of Mount Coolon had a population of 567 people.^[26]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Mount Coolon had a population of 64 people.^[27]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Mount Coolon had a population of 172 people.^[1]

Mount Coolon has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Barclay's Battery, Collinsville road (21.3836°S 147.3415°E / -21.3836; 147.3415 (Barclay's Battery))^[28]
• Suttor River Causeway on the Old Bowen Downs Road, St Annes Road (21.225°S 146.9126°E / -21.225; 146.9126 (Suttor River Causeway))^[29]

There are no schools in Mount Coolon. Glenden State School in Glenden to the east is the nearest government primary and secondary school; however, the distances involved in a daily commute mean that distance education and boarding schools are other options.^[30]

Mount Coolon Hotel is at 1 Mill Street. It provides meals and accommodation.^[31]

The former Mount Coolon State School is now the Mount Coolon Community Centre.^[23]