Mantuan Downs is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the Mantuan Downs had a population of 31 people.

Geography

Claude River rises in the north-west of the locality () and flows in an easterly direction. The Nogao River enters the locality from Carnarvon Park to the south () and flows northeasterly briefly forming part of the locality's eastern boundary before its confluence with the Claude River (its tributary) on the boundary (), after which the Nogoa River exits to Nandowrie to the east. The locality has the following ranges: * Drummond Range () *

Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...

() and the following mountains and valleys: * Mount Caroline () * Mount Vexation () * Yarra Gorge () The

Dawson Developmental Road The Dawson Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It runs for between Gladstone and Springsure where it terminates. From Gladstone to Rolleston it is signed as State Route 60, and then A7 onwards to Springsure. It continues west f ...

enters the locality from Nandowrie in the east and continues west, exiting to Windeyer in the west.

History

The locality presumably takes its name from the Mantuan Downs pastoral property established by Thomas Mitchell. Mitchell explored and named the area in July 1846. In the Mantuan Downs had a population of 31 people. In January 2020 the

North Australian Pastoral Company The North Australian Pastoral Company (NAPCO) is a large, privately owned, Australian cattle company which operates 13 cattle stations (as well as the Wainui farm and feedlot) covering over 60,000 km2, managing about 200,000 cattle, in Que ...

announced it was purchasing Mantuan Downs, a large-scale cattle breeding and finishing property in Central Queensland. The property consists of two pastoral leases, known as Mantuan Downs and Castlevale as well as the freehold Semper Idem.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Albeni () * Beaucamp () * Castlevale () * Cungelella () * Goodliffe () * Mantuan Downs () * Mount Vexation () * Semper Idem ()

Transport

There are a number of airstrips in the locality: * Castlevale airstrip #1 () * Castlevale airstrip #2 () *Goodliffe airstrip () * Mantuan Downs airstrip () *Yandaburra airstrip ()

Education

There are no schools in Mantuan Downs. The nearest primary school is Tresswell State School in Nandowrie, but it has been temporarily closed since 1 February 2020. There are no other nearby primary schools. There are no nearby secondary schools. The options are

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

and boarding schools.

References

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