Captains Mountain is a

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Captains Mountain had a population of 74 people.

Geography

The mountain Captains Mountain is in the north-east of the locality () rising to The south-west of the locality is Western Creek State Forest. The remainder of the locality is used for farming, mostly grazing but with some cropping. The

Gore Highway The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne to Brisbane link. It is signed as Nat ...

passes through the locality from the north-east (

Millmerran Millmerran , known as Domville between 1 June 1889 and 16 November 1894, is a town and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Millmerran had a population of 1,545 p ...

) and then exits to the south-west forming part of the south-western boundary (adjacent to

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and Millmerran Downs).

History

The locality is presumably named after the mountain Captains Mountain. In 1914, the Captain's Mountain Co-operative Dairy Company was formed with 275 shares at a cost of each. The company built a cheese factory. In March 1916, the factory processed to produce of cheese. The factory was still operating in 1931, but was contemplating closure in 1934, and had closed by 1939. Captain's Mountain Provisional School opened on 30 January 1922, becoming Captain's Mountain State School in 1957. It closed in 1962.

Demographics

In the , Captains Mountain had a population of 77 people. In the , Captains Mountain had a population of 74 people.

Education

There are no schools in Captains Mountain. The nearest government primary and secondary school to Year 10 is Millmerann State School in neighbouring

to the north-east and the nearest government secondary school to Year 12 in Pittsworth State High School in

Pittsworth Pittsworth is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Pittsworth had a population of 3,300 people. Geography Pittsworth township is south-west of Brisbane via the Warrego Highway, s ...

to the north-east.

References

{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland