Mount Barney is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Mount Barney had a population of 46 people. The locality borders

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Geography

The locality takes its name from the mountain of the same name. The Mount Barney National Park occupies all of the south and west of the locality with other discontiguous sections of the national park in the north and east of the locality. The

Logan River The Logan River (Yugambeh dialect, Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river in the Scenic Rim Region, Scenic Rim, City of Logan, Logan and City of Gold Coast, Gold Coast local government areas of the South East Queensland, South East region ...

rises in the south-west of the locality (). It flows through the locality forming part of the south-eastern boundary and part of the north-eastern boundary, before exiting the locality to the north-east ( Barney View). Farm land lies in a valley of the Logan River in the eastern part of the locality which separates the mountain Mount Barney from Mount Gillies in the very east of the locality. The land use in the valley is predominantly

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

on native vegetation with some crop growing near the Logan River. The locality has the following mountains (from north to south): * Toms Tum () * North East Rock () * Bippoh Peak () * Leaning Peak () * North Pinnacle () * Barrabool () * Mount Barney (East) (East Peak) () * Mount Barney (West Peak) () * Yellow Pinch () * Gwyala Peak () * Burrajum Peak () * Mount Ernest ()

History

The Thulumbah Provisional School opened in 1901 and became Thulumbah State School on 1 January 1909. In 1916, it was renamed Mount Barney State School. The school closed in 1962. It was located on a bend in the Mount Barney Road ().

Demographics

In the , Mount Barney had a population of 22 people. The locality contains 23 households, in which 50.0% of the population are males and 50.0% of the population are females with a median age of 31, 7 years below the national average. The average weekly household income is $0, $1,438 below the national average. In the , Mount Barney had a population of 46 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Barney. The nearest government primary school is Rathdowney State School in

Rathdowney Rathdowney or Rathdowny () is a small town in southwest County Laois, Ireland. It lies some 32 km southwest of Portlaoise in the Irish Midlands, at the point where the R433 regional road from Abbeyleix to Templemore is crossed by the R ...

to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Boonah State High School in Boonah to the north.

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