Mount Moffatt, Queensland
Suburb of Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia
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Mount Moffatt is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] In the 2021 census, Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people.[1]
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| Coordinates: 25.1622°S 147.8661°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 2,120.0 km2 (818.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 14 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00660/km2 (0.0171/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4465[2] | ||||||||||||
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Mount Moffatt's postcode is 4465.[2]
Geography
The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Chesterton Range, to the north and north-east by the Great Dividing Range, and to the east by the Merivale River. The locality is within the Murray-Darling basin.[4]
The terrain is quite mountainous with the following named features (from north to south);
- Mount Rugged (24.9000°S 147.9985°E) 1,130 metres (3,710 ft)[5][6]
- Gee Gee Gap (24.9198°S 147.8955°E)[5]
- Mount Campbell (25.0066°S 147.7939°E) 949 metres (3,114 ft)[5][7]
- Mount Moffatt (25.0578°S 148.0442°E) 1,097 metres (3,599 ft)[5][8]
- The Observatory (25.0680°S 147.9832°E)[5][9]
- Rough Mountain (25.0963°S 147.8055°E)[5][10]
- Mount Macleay (25.1229°S 147.9751°E) 870 metres (2,850 ft)[5][11]
- Mount Judy (25.1607°S 147.7502°E) 833 metres (2,733 ft)[5][12]
- Mount Misery (25.2173°S 147.7148°E) 903 metres (2,963 ft)[5][13]
- Mount Clift (25.2822°S 147.6400°E) 842 metres (2,762 ft)[5][14]
- Mount Ogilby (25.2863°S 147.9100°E) 984 metres (3,228 ft)[5][15]
- Ogilby Knob (25.2987°S 147.8980°E)[5][16]
- Mount Eddystone (25.3021°S 147.8297°E) 890 metres (2,920 ft)[5][17]
The Maranoa River rises in the locality with the west branch rising in the north of the locality (24.94185°S 148.03174°E) and the east branch rising in the north-east of the locality (25.02058°S 148.09040°E). The two branches of the river flow south with their confluence in the south of the locality (25.28844°S 147.76686°E).[18]
There are a number of protected areas within the locality:[19]
- part of the Carnarvon National Park is in the north of the locality
- the McLeay State Forest is in the east of the locality
- the Forfar State Forest is in the south-east of the locality
- part of the Attica State Forest is in the south-west of the locality
Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation.[19]
History
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Mount Moffatt had "no people or a very low population".[20]
In the 2021 census, Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Mount Moffatt nor nearby. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[21]
