The Flinders Peak Group is an unnamed range of hills located on the northern edge of the

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, south west of

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and south east of the

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, Australia. The

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in the Range is Flinders Peak reaching above sea level. The first Europeans to cross the range were

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and his exploration party in June 1827. Most of the range remains naturally vegetated within a series of protected areas. Both the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate and the Flinders Peak Conservation Park are located along this range. Other

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include Mount Joyce, Mount Blaine, Mount Goolman, Mount Elliott, Mount Flintoff, Mount Welcome and Ivorys Rock. The range is visible from many locations around the

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Landforms

The southernmost mountain of the range is Mount Joyce, which is separated from the Dugandan Range by

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History

The local Ugarapul people call Flinder's Peak, Booroong'pah or Booroongapah"Aboriginal pathways in southeast Queensland and the Richmond River" by John Gladstone Steele. Published by University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland, 1984 or Booroongpah. It is a sacred site because they believe that the powerful spirit, "Yurrangpul", lives there, and guards their traditions and sacred places. His name is similar to the local word for green tree frog: "Yurrang". The green tree frog is the totem of the Ugarapul people. Mount Blaine is known to the Ugarapul people as Ginginbaar, and the Ugarapul meaning for Goolman, used in Mount Goolman, is ''Axe.''

Naming

The peaks of the range derived their names as follows: * Flinders Peak ( Aboriginal: Booroong'pah) was originally named ''High Peak'' in July 1799 by Lieutenant Matthew Flinders RN (1774–1814)

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and

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, HM Colonial Sloop Norfolk. The name Flinders Peak was first used by

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(1785?-1828) Surveyor General during his explorations in 1824, as a change from ''High Peak of Flinders''. * Mount Joyce, formerly known as ''Kents Peak'', so marked on a map of the Moreton Bay District published in 1842 by Robert Dixon (1800–1858) surveyor. * Mount Blaine ( Aboriginal: Ginginbaar) is probably named after John Blaine ( - 1908) who took up land near Peak Crossing in 1869 as the owner of Portion 89, Parish of Goolman. * Mount Goolman, formerly named by John Oxley as ''Murdoch Peak'', is derived from the

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language indicating stone axe. ''Murdoch Peak'' was probably named after Peter Murdoch, superintendent of the agricultural establishment at

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. * Mount Elliott is reportedly named after Robert Elliott who took up land in 1868. * Ivorys Rock ( Aboriginal: Muntambin) is named after James Ivory (1820-1887) grazier, who held

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land in the

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and around this range.

Water catchment

The range drains into both the Bremer River Basin (sub-basin of

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Basin) and via Teviot Brook into the

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Basin (sub-basin of Logan-Albert River Basin). Teviot Brook is a major tributary of the Logan River that also supplies water to

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Land ownership and control

The Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate is a collection of

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land that is either owned or controlled by

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. The estate is not a protected area under the

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. The Flinders Peak Conservation Park is entirely surrounded by (and separate from) the Flinders-Coolman Conservation Estate. The Conservation Park is controlled by the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management with the trustee being Ipswich City Council.

Public access

Flinders Peak track

Flinders Peak Track, used to access Flinders Peak, was closed to the general public by Ipswich City Council in November 2009 in the interest of public safety. One section of the track was deemed too difficult for the general public to negotiate so Council are endeavouring to re-align it for safer public access. All other tracks within the Estate have remained open. Some social commentators question the reason why the Flinders Peak Track is closed. It has since been reopened, with a slight detour to avoid the difficult section.

Boonah to Ipswich Trail

As of December 2010, the Queensland Department of Infrastructure and Planning were consulting stakeholders in regard to developing the Boonah-to-Ipswich Trail, a 68 kilometre multi-use non-motorised recreation trail, in partnership with five local Councils. The development of the trail is in accordance with the ''South East Queensland Regional Trails Strategy (2007)''. The located within Ipswich City is planned to wind through the Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate and also will be the northern terminus of the trail. At the foot of Mount Joyce against Teviot Brook a recreation park is planned to incorporate the Boonah-to-Ipswich Trail.Mt Joyce Recreation Park, Queensland Water Infrastructure
(accessed 11 May 2011)

References

External links

Trails Guide, Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate, City of Ipswich

Flinders-Coolman Conservation Estate, City of Ipswich

Conservation Areas & Waterways, City of Ipswich

Regional Map, Scenic Rim Regional Council
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