Mount Stanley, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 26°36′24″S 152°12′04″E / 26.6066°S 152.2011°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 386.2 km2 (149.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 11 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0285/km2 (0.074/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4314 | ||||||||||||
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Mount Stanley is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Stanley had a population of 11 people.[1]
The locality is loosely bounded to the west and north by the Brisbane Range.[3]
Mount Stanley has the following mountains:
- Mount Gibbarnee (26°33′36″S 152°14′49″E / 26.5601°S 152.2470°E) 426 metres (1,398 ft) above sea level in the north-east of the locality.[4][5]
- Mount Stanley (26°38′53″S 152°12′35″E / 26.6480°S 152.2096°E) 522 metres (1,713 ft) in the south-east of the locality.[4][6]
The east branch of Brisbane River flows from the north-east of the locality through to the south of locality. Mount Stanley is often described as the source of the Brisbane River.[7]
History
The locality may take its name from the mountain Mount Stanley. Alternately, it may take its name from the pastoral leases called Mount Stanley.[8]
Mount Stanley East and Mount Stanley West were two of the six leases that comprised the pastoral run of Colinton which was "bounded on the north by a marked tree beyond Mount Stanley".[9] Colinton was taken up by the Balfour brothers (John, Charles and Robert) in 1841.[10]
On 1 February 2018, Mount Stanley's postcode changed from 4306 to 4314.[11]
