Mount Howe, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 25°17′11″S 148°13′23″E / 25.2863°S 148.2230°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1,019.9 km2 (393.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 480–1,110 m (1,570–3,640 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 20 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.020/km2 (0.051/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4454 | ||||||||||||
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Mount Howe is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Howe had a population of 20 people.[1]
The Great Dividing Range forms the north-east, east and south-east boundaries of the locality. The locality is within the Murray-Darling drainage basin, specifically within the catchment of the Balonne-Condamine Rivers. The terrain is mountainous with elevations ranging from 480 to 1,110 metres (1,570 to 3,640 ft) above sea level.[3]
The locality has the following mountains:
- Mount Eden (25°07′15″S 148°06′04″E / 25.1208°S 148.1011°E) 854 metres (2,802 ft)[4][5]
- Mount Hetty (25°11′15″S 148°17′33″E / 25.1874°S 148.2925°E) 1,041 metres (3,415 ft)[4][6]
- Mount Ramsay (25°07′09″S 148°14′28″E / 25.1192°S 148.2412°E)[4][7]
- Mount Springvale (25°14′45″S 148°16′41″E / 25.2458°S 148.2780°E) 845 metres (2,772 ft)[4][8]
- Snake Hill (25°08′07″S 148°14′32″E / 25.1353°S 148.2421°E) 1,002 metres (3,287 ft)[4][9]
There are three areas within the Eden State Forest in the centre of the locality (25°15′27″S 148°13′28″E / 25.2576°S 148.2245°E).[10] Apart from these, the land use is grazing on native vegetation.[10]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Mount Howe had "no people or a very low population".[11]
In the 2021 census, Mount Howe had a population of 20 people.[1]
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[12]
- Calline Creek (25°15′22″S 148°11′32″E / 25.2562°S 148.1921°E)
- Coonong (25°17′20″S 148°15′01″E / 25.2889°S 148.2503°E)
- East Sunrise (25°17′43″S 148°06′25″E / 25.2954°S 148.1069°E)
- Edenvale (25°08′25″S 148°07′29″E / 25.1402°S 148.1247°E)
- Glendonnell (25°23′48″S 148°12′13″E / 25.3967°S 148.2036°E)
- Glenolive (25°14′41″S 148°12′06″E / 25.2447°S 148.2018°E)
- Lying Downs (25°13′48″S 148°12′12″E / 25.2301°S 148.2032°E)
- Mount Hetty (25°11′34″S 148°09′37″E / 25.1928°S 148.1603°E)
- Myrtleville (25°23′54″S 148°15′35″E / 25.3984°S 148.2598°E)
- Saddler Springs (25°07′51″S 148°07′52″E / 25.1309°S 148.1311°E)
- Springvale (25°19′20″S 148°19′15″E / 25.3223°S 148.3209°E)
- Sunrise (25°19′57″S 148°05′52″E / 25.3325°S 148.0977°E)
