Mount Debateable is a rural
locality
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in the
North Burnett Region
The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ea ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
, Australia.
In the , Mount Debateable had a population of 54 people.
Geography
The
Burnett River
The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta a ...
forms the northern boundary of the locality. There are two peaks in the locality: Mount Debateable at an elevation of in the north of the locality and White Hill at in the north-east.
The principal land use is grazing with some irrigated cropping near the Burnett River.
The Gayndah Mundubbera Road passes through the locality from east (
Gayndah
Gayndah is a town and locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gayndah had a population of 1,981 people. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region.
Geography
Gayndah is on the Burnett River and ...
) to west (
Deep Creek).
Despite the name, the Mount Debateable railway station is not in the locality but in
Dirnbir north of the river.
History
The locality takes its name from the mountain, which in turn takes its name from the Mount Debateable pastoral run taken up in 1851 by George Mocatta. Although it is sometimes written as Mount Debatable, in February 1987, the Queensland Place Names Board confirmed the official spelling to be Mount Debateable.
In January 1912, tenders were called to build a state school in Mount Debateable. A new school building was built in 1926 and the school renamed Granite Hill State School.
It closed in 1957.
Education
There are no schools in Mount Debateable. The nearest primary and secondary schools are in neighbouring Gayndah.
References
Further reading
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{{North Burnett Region
North Burnett Region
Localities in Queensland