Mount Beppo is a rural

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in the

Somerset Region The Somerset Region is a local government area located in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, about northwest of Brisbane and centred on the town of Esk. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Esk and th ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Mount Beppo had a population of 216 people.

Geography

The ''

Brisbane River The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...

'' forms the north-eastern boundary. The

Brisbane Valley Highway The Brisbane Valley Highway is a state highway in Queensland, Australia. It links the Warrego Highway near Ipswich and the D'Aguilar Highway about north of Harlin. Its direction follows the approximate course of the Brisbane River. It is part ...

passes to the west.

History

The district takes its name from the neighbouring mountain, whose name in turn is believed to be derived from the

Yuggera The Jagera people, also written Yagarr, Yaggera, and other variants, are the Australian Aboriginal people who spoke the Yuggera language. The Yuggera language which encompassed a number of dialects was spoken by the traditional owners of the te ...

word meaning ''mountain''. However, as Yuggera is not a local indigenous language, it may have been Europeans who introduced the name. The district was first settled in the early 1880s; the Granzein and Soden families were among the early pioneers. Mount Beppo State School opened on 4 September 1893. The chairman of the school was

Henry Plantagenet Somerset Henry Plantagenet Somerset (19 May 1852 – 11 April 1936) was a pioneer pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. Somerset was a liberal politician who represented the district of Stanley in the Queensland Legislative Assembly fro ...

. In 1929 the school had about 80 pupils. The school closed on 31 December 1972. It was at 13 German Reserve Road (). By 1929, there were two churches at Mount Beppo, the

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

church and the

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church, both with associated cemeteries. The Lutheran Church was opened on 12 August 1888. It was extended and re-dedicated in 1930. The first Apostolic Church services were held in 1883 in the home of Mr Carl Casper Meier and the church building was constructed about 1889, but in 1911 the building was relocated higher up the hill and extended. Further extensions occurred at part of the

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celebrations in 1934. In 2014, only the Apostolic Church remains, but both cemeteries still exist. The town was known for its brass band, which was established in 1898 and celebrated its golden jubilee in 1949.

Caboonbah Undenominational Church is a

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. It was established by

and takes its name, "Caboonbah", from the Somerset family homestead,

Caboonbah Homestead Caboonbah Homestead was a heritage-listed homestead at Esk-Kilcoy Road, Lake Wivenhoe, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1889 to 1890. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 December 1996. It was destroye ...

, nearby. The wooden structure was designed by Somerset's wife Katherine Rose Somerset, the daughter of David Cannon McConnell and Mary McConnel (nee McLeod) who founded the

Cressbrook Homestead Cressbrook Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at off Cressbrook-Caboombah Road, Cressbrook, Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1841 to 1914. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. His ...

. The church was built by Lars Andersen. It opened in 1905 to serve the local farming community. It is located on Cressbrook-Caboonbah Road (). Mount Beppo public hall

A public hall was opened at Mount Beppo on 15 March 1930 by Henry Plantagenet Somerset, former

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

for the district, with the then current Member,

Ernest Grimstone Ernest Lancelot Grimstone (1883 – 22 October 1933) was an Australian politician. He was a Country and Progressive National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1928 until 1933, representing the electorate of Stanley. Gri ...

, in attendance. In the 2011 census, the population of Mount Beppo was 347 people. In the , Mount Beppo had a population of 216 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Beppo. The nearest primary school is Toogoolawah State School in neighbouring

Toogoolawah Toogoolawah ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toogoolawah had a population of 1,279 people. Geography Toogoolawah is in South East Queensland. Toogoolawah is a centre for gliding and parach ...

to the north-west. The nearest secondary school is Toogoolawah State High School also in Toogoolawah.

References

External links

Mount Beppo Apostolic cemetery

Mount Beppo Trinity Lutheran cemetery
{{Somerset Region Suburbs of Somerset Region Localities in Queensland

Geography

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