Camp Mountain is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Camp Mountain had a population of 1,416 people.

Geography

Camp Mountain is near Samford, north-west of the

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. The south-east of the locality is within

D'Aguilar National Park D'Aguilar National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia. It contains the D'Aguilar Range and is located along the northwest of the Brisbane metropolitan area. The park is traversed by the winding scenic Mount Nebo Road and Mount Glo ...

and a lookout and recreation area are accessible off Mount Nebo Road. The locality takes its name from the mountain Camp Mountain () which rises above sea level.

History

There was gold mining in the area in the 1860s. The miners referred to the area as their "mountain camp" and that is the origin of the name of the mountain and the locality. In the late 1800s the mountain was known as Mount Daniel. StateLibQld_2_102560_Rescuers_inspect_the_wreckage_of_the_Camp_Mountain_train_disaster,_1947

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Camp Mountain railway station () opened in 1918, and until 1955 the train line to Dayboro traversed the area. In 1947 Camp Mountain was the location of Queensland's worst railway accident (). Camp Mountain State School opened on circa 1929 and closed circa 1955. It was on Upper Camp Mountain Road (approx ). In the , Camp Mountain recorded a population of 1,258 people, 51% female and 49% male. The median age of the Camp Mountain population was 41 years, 4 years above the national median of 37. 81.7% of people living in Camp Mountain were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 1%, Italy 0.9%, South Africa 0.6%. 92.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1% German, 0.6% Dutch, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.6% Italian, 0.3% Hungarian. In the Camp Mountain had a population of 1,416 people.

Heritage listings

Camp Mountain has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 20 Upper Camp Mountain Road (): Selector's Hut

Education

There are no schools is Camp Mountain. The nearest government primary schools are Samford State School in neighbouring Samford Village to the north, Patrick Road State School in neighbouring Ferny Hills to the east, and Ferny Grove State School in Ferny Grove to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Ferny Grove State High School in Ferny Grove to the east. The Samford Ecological Research Facility is a parcel of land bequeathed by Elizabeth Nesta Marks to the

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as a teaching and research facility for biodiversity and conservation, urban development, and agriculture. It is at 148 Camp Mountain Road ().

Amenities

There are a number of parks in the locality, including: * Mcafee Park () * Mitchell Park () * Orr Park () * Peterson Park ()

Attractions

Camp Mountain Lookout is at the end of Camp Mountain Road within the D'Aguilar National Park (). Part of the historic Enoggera goldfields, the lookout provides views of

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, the

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skyline and the

Glass House Mountains The Glass House Mountains are a cluster of thirteen hills that rise abruptly from the coastal plain on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The highest hill is Mount Beerwah at 556 metres above sea level, but the most identifiable of a ...

References

External links

* {{Moreton Bay Region Suburbs of Moreton Bay Region Localities in Queensland