Mentmore is a coastal
locality
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in the
Mackay Region
The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas with modern histories extending back as far as 1869.
It has an estima ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Mentmore had no population.
Geography
The Tonga Range runs through the centre of the locality with Tonga Mountain, the highest peak at 233 metres.
Mentmore has the following mountains (from north to south):
* Tonga Mountain ()
* Rocky Mountain ()
Mentore has the following coastal features (from north to south):
* Ten Mile Beach ()
* Mentmore Beach ()
* Stewart Peninsula ()
* Dewars Beach ()
* Dewars Point, a headland ()
Offshore are a number of named marine features:
*Gould Island ()
*Midge Island ()
*Cave Island ()
*Brothers Islands, an island group ().
* High Islands, an island group ()
* St Helens Bay ()
The land use is
grazing
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on native vegetation.
History
Menmore was officially named and bounded by the Minister for Natural Resources on 3 September 1999.
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Mentmore Beach was a popular holiday destination in the 1930s and 1940s with swimming and fishing the main attractions. However, plans to develop the beach as a seaside resort required subdivision of land which was unable to proceed until a better access road was established and the road was never funded.]
Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:
Education
There are no schools in Mentmore. The nearest government primary schools are Pindi Pindi State School in neighbouring Pindi Pindi to the south and Bloomsbury State School in neighbouring Bloomsbury
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Bloomsbury is home of the British Museum, the largest mus ...
to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Calen District State College in Calen
Calen is a rural town and coastal locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Calen had a population of 390 people.
Geography
The locality of Calen is loosely bounded by One Mile Creek to the south and Black ...
to the south.
References
{{Mackay Region
Mackay Region
Coastline of Queensland
Localities in Queensland