Mount Pelion is a rural
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 ...
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Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
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, Australia.
In the , Mount Pelion had a population of 125 people.
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Geography
The mountain Mount Pelion () rises to above sea level in the south-east of the locality.Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Na ...
enters the locality from the east ( Mount Ossa) and exits the locality to the north-west (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 ...
). The North Coast railway line also enters from the east (Mount Ossa) and exits to the north-west Calen) but is north of highway.
History
The mountain was named by surveyor William Charles Borlase Wilson after the Greek mythological Mount Pelion
Pelion or Pelium (Modern el, Πήλιο, ''Pílio''; Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Πήλιον, ''Pēlion'') is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the ...
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Mount Pelion Provisional School opened on 26 February 1924. On 1 August 1926 it became Mount Pelion State School. It closed on 31 December 1970.]Sarina
Sarina is a rural town and coastal locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Sarina had a population of 5,522 people.
Geography
Sarina lies just inland of the east coast of Queensland, south of the city of Mackay, and a ...
to be restored as part of the Sarina Tourist Art and Craft Visitor Information Centre in Railway Square.
References
Further reading
* — includes Cameron's Pocket State School, Silent Grove State School, Mount Ossa State School, and Mount Pelion State School.
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Localities in Queensland