Blue Mountain is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...

in the

Isaac Region The Isaac Region is a local government area located in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. In the , the Isaac Region had a po ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. In the , Blue Mountain had a population of 83 people.

Geography

The

Peak Downs Highway The Peak Downs Highway links the towns of Mackay, Queensland, Mackay and Clermont, Queensland, Clermont in the Australian state of Queensland. It represents the main link between Queensland's Whitsunday Islands, Whitsunday Coast and the Central ...

runs through the north-western extremity. Blue Mountain has the following mountains: * Blue Mountain () * Pine Mountain () The

Marlborough–Sarina Road Marlborough–Sarina Road is a state-controlled district road (number 512) rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bruce Highway in , via an inland route, to the Bruce Highway in , a distance of . It was part o ...

runs across the southeast corner.

History

Blue Mountain Provisional School opened in July 1943. In 1958 it became Blue Mountain State School. The school closed in 1963. It was on Blue Mountain Road (approx ).

Demographics

In the , Blue Mountain had a population of 92 people. In the , Blue Mountain had a population of 83 people.

Education

There are no schools in Blue Mountain. The nearest government primary schools are Eton State School in neighbouring Eton to the north and Swayneville State School in neighbouring

Sarina Sarina is a rural town and coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Sarina had a population of 5,619 people. Geography Sarina lies just inland of the east coa ...

to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Mirani State High School in Mirani to the north and

Sarina State High School Sarina State High School is located in the small rural town of Sarina, Queensland, Australia. The school had 600 students in 2013 with a reported 20 percent continuing studies at University. Sarina State High previously boasted a marine aquarium ...

in Sarina.

References

{{Isaac Region Isaac Region Localities in Queensland