Black Mountain is a rural

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in the

Shire of Noosa The Shire of Noosa is a local government area about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covers an area of . It existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 2008, when it wa ...

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, Australia. In the , Black Mountain had a population of 1,444 people.

Geography

The locality Black Mountain is located west of

Cooroy Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cooroy had a population of 3,791 people. Geography Cooroy is inland from the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa H ...

and south of Pomona. Black Mountain is a mountain in the centre of the locality (), rising to a peak of above sea level. The locality presumably takes its name from the mountain. The peak of the mountain has a number of communications towers on it; it is accessed by Eungella Drive. The

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(now built to a freeway standard continuous four-lanes to

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) enters the locality from the north-east (Cooroy) and forms part of the locality's northern boundary with Pomona. The North Coast railway line forms a small part of the north-eastern boundary of the locality. No railway stations serve the locality, the nearest are in

Cooroy railway station Cooroy railway station is a heritage-listed railway station at 14 Myall Street, Cooroy, Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is on the North Coast railway line serving the town of Cooroy. It was designed by the Office of the Chief Engine ...

and

Pomona railway station Pomona railway station is a railway station on Factory Street, Pomona, Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is on the North Coast railway line serving the town of Pomona. It was designed by the Office of the Chief Engineer of Queensland ...

. The land use is a mixture of rural residential (mostly in the north and east of the locality) and rural (mostly in the south and west of the locality). The main rural land use is

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on native vegetation with some

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History

Black Mountain State School opened on 21 July 1913 in a temporary building loaned by farmer Edward James Bonnell, while the school building was constructed on of land donated by Bonnell, opening on 5 August 1914. It was at 482 Black Mountain Road (). The first teacher was Miss Catherine Alice Bergin. The school closed for a period in 1919 due to the

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. It closed permanently on 31 December 1961. The school building is still extant, having been converted to a residence. In the , Black Mountain had a population of 1,043 people. In the ,Black Mountain had a population of 1,175 people (582 men and 593 women). In the , Black Mountain had a population of 1,444 people.

Economy

Black Mountain is home to several boutique rural enterprises and artists' studios.

Education

There are no schools in Black Mountain. The nearest government primary schools are

Pomona State School Pomona State School is a government primary school in Pomona, Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It was established on 31 August 1897. History Originally named Pinbarren Provisional School from its establishment until 1909, when it was u ...

in neighbouring Pomona to the north, Cooroy State School in neighbouring Cooroy to the east, and Federal State School in neighbouring

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to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Noosa District State High School, which has its Years 7 & 8 campus in Pomona and its Years 9 to 12 campus in Cooroy.

References

{{Noosa Shire Suburbs of Noosa Shire, Queensland Localities in Queensland