Mount Maria, Queensland
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Mount Maria | |||||||||||||
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  Mount Maria | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 24°32′30″S 151°49′30″E / 24.5416°S 151.825°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 99.8 km2 (38.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 225 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.255/km2 (5.839/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4674 | ||||||||||||
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Mount Maria is a rural locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Maria had a population of 225 people.[1]
Baffle Creek forms the south-western boundary and the south-eastern and eastern boundary (but not the southern boundary). Euleilah Creek forms the north-west boundary of the locality; it later becomes a tributary of Baffle Creek.[3]
Grants Island is 1.7-hectare (4.2-acre) island in Baffle Creek which is within the Mount Maria loality (24°33′02″S 151°54′22″E / 24.5506°S 151.9061°E).[4][5]
The mountain Mount Maria is in the south of the locality (24°32′29″S 151°50′38″E / 24.5413°S 151.8440°E) and rises to 340 metres (1,120 ft) above sea level. It presumably gives its name to the locality.[3][6][7]
Tablelands Road enters the locality from the south (Berajondo) and exits to the north (Taunton); it is the main road through the locality.[8]
The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation.[9]
