Mount Cotton is a rural
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in the
City of Redland
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,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Mount Cotton had a population of 7,302 people.
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The area was colonised by Germans in the late 1860s after possible frontier wars with First Nations peoples. In the 20th century, poultry farms were established and in recent years the number of residential sub-developments has expanded.
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Geography
Mount Cotton (the mountain) is in the central part of the locality (), rising to .
The main road through the locality is Mount Cotton Road
Mount Cotton Road, or Mt Cotton Rd, is a major split road in the Brisbane area of South East Queensland, Australia. It runs in both an east-west direction between Burbank (Brisbane) and Sheldon ( Redlands), and a north-south direction between ...
which enters from the north-west ( Sheldon), passes east of the mountain, and exits to the south ( Cornubia).
Mount Cotton is a koala
The koala (''Phascolarctos cinereus''), sometimes inaccurately called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the only Extant taxon, extant representative of the Family (biology), family ''Phascolar ...
conservation area. In the west, the Venman Bushland National Park
Venman Bushland is a national park in Queensland, Australia, southeast of Brisbane.
History
Jack Venman purchased 255 acres of land on West Mount Cotton Road in the Shire of Redland in 1954. The land had been heavily logged in the 1900s. Ven ...
preserves a section of bushland along Tingalpa Creek
Tingalpa Creek is a creek in South East Queensland. It flows along Brisbane's south east boundary with Redland City Council. On early maps the creek was called both Tunim Creek and Tangulba Creek.
The waterway serves as important wildlife cor ...
.
To the east, a wildlife corridor goes from the mountain towards Eprapah
Eprapah, the Charles S. Snow Scout Environment Training Centre, at Victoria Point, Queensland, Victoria Point, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is a noted ecological area within Redland City. Owned and managed by the Scouts Australia, Scou ...
scout environmental site and Victoria Point, along Eprapah Creek
Eprapah Creek (longitude 153.30º East, latitude -27.567º South) is a sub-tropical stream in Redland City close to Brisbane in South East Queensland, Australia.
It rises on the north-eastern slopes of Mount Cotton and flows directly to the More ...
.
History
Mount Cotton is named after the mountain that is in the area. It was named by Robert Dixon, a surveyor in the colony of Queensland. He named it after the commandant of the Moreton Bay penal settlement
The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement operated from 1825 to 1842. It became the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
History
The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was established on the Redcliffe Peninsula on Moreton Bay in September 1824, under t ...
, Major Sydney Cotton
Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney John Cotton (2 December 1792 – 19 February 1874) was a British Army officer. He was the commandment of the Moreton Bay penal colony in Australia.
Military career
Born the second son of Henry Calveley Cotton of ...
.
In 1872, a Lutheran congregation formed in the area as the nearest Lutheran church was in Beenleigh
Beenleigh is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Beenleigh had a population of 8,425 people.
A government survey for the new town was conducted in 1866. The town is the terminus for the Beenle ...
. The congregation held its first service in the open air under a fig tree on Mr Heineman's land and later in his barn. of land were purchased on the corner of the south-western corner of Mount Cotton Road and Wuduru Roads (now within the neighbouring suburb of Cornubia to the south, ). Three acres were cleared to build a church and establish a cemetery. In December 1875, Pastor Haussman dedicated the church to St Paul
Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally ...
. The church was built in a traditional north German style with hand-made brick nogging within a timber frame. By 1941, the church building was showing signs of age and the congregation decided to have a new church, but there was some debate about the location. On Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. Its name originates from the palm bran ...
19 March 1951, the last service was held in the old church, which was demolished. On Sunday 11 November 1951, Pastor M. Lohe (President of the Lutheran Church of Queensland) dedicated the second (and current) St Paul's Lutheran Church on the site where the 1872 first service was held. The cemetery beside the old church continued to be used and is now heritage-listed.
Mount Cotton Provisional School opened on 30 October 1876. On 1 January 1909, it became Mount Cotton State School. Descendants of some of the original students still attend the school.
The first local government in the area was the Tingalpa Divisional Board, established in 1880, becoming the Tingalpa Shire Council in 1903. The shire office was established at Mount Cotton with a new building in 1935. When the Shire or Tingalpa was abolished in 1949, the old Tingalpa Shire office became the Mount Cotton Community Hall.
An extension of the Cleveland railway line
The Cleveland railway line is a suburban railway line extending east-southeast from Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network.
History
Following the opening of the Wooloon ...
to Redland Bay
Redland Bay is a coastal semi-rural locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. In the , Redland Bay had a population of 17,056 people.
Since the first European settlers arrived in the mid-19th century, Redland Bay has remained a f ...
and Mount Cotton was surveyed in 1889. The extension to Redland Bay was recommended by the Royal Commission into Public Works in 1922, but was never built.On Saturday 15 November 1930, the Mount Cotton Public Hall was officially opened. The hall was .
In 1933, the first chicken farm in the area was established.[Mt Cotton and Sheldon timeline](_blank)
. Redland City Council. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
The Mount Cotton Hillclimb opened in February 1968.
The Mount Cotton Drama Group was established circa 1975 and presented 142 productions in the Mount Cotton Public Hall before the group wound up in May 2018.
The Sirromet Winery
A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the cultivation and production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feat ...
on Mount Cotton Road
Mount Cotton Road, or Mt Cotton Rd, is a major split road in the Brisbane area of South East Queensland, Australia. It runs in both an east-west direction between Burbank (Brisbane) and Sheldon ( Redlands), and a north-south direction between ...
opened in 2000. Although some grapes are grown at Mount Cotton, the winery has most of its vineyards on the Granite Belt
The Granite Belt is an area of the Great Dividing Range in the Darling Downs region of Queensland and the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The Granite Belt is centred on the town of Stanthorpe. The cool, high country of the gr ...
where the climate is superior for grape growing.
Demographics
In the , Mount Cotton recorded a population of 4,804 people, 50.8% female and 49.2% male. The median age of the Mount Cotton population was 32 years, 5 years below the national median of 37. 76.8% of people living in Mount Cotton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 7.8%, New Zealand 4.1%, South Africa 2.4%, Scotland 0.7%, Ireland 0.5%. 93.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.7% Afrikaans, 0.3% German, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Japanese.
In the , Mount Cotton had a population of 6,835 people.
In the , Mount Cotton had a population of 7,302 people.
Economy
Several poultry farms are located in Mount Cotton. A Hillview Road chicken farm is developing a biomass power plant which is expected to provide renewable energy to the electrical grid. The project has faced opposition from local residents and delays as the plant was re-designed to encompass improvements in technology. Developers Cleveland Power claim the power plant will be able to supply electricity to 7500 homes annually.
Education
Mount Cotton State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 1246 Mount Cotton Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 586 students with 43 teachers (38 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education
Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual di ...
program.
Amenities
The Redland City Council
Redland City, also known as the Redlands and formerly known as Redland Shire, is a Local government in Australia, local government area (LGA) and a part of Brisbane, Greater Brisbane in South East Queensland, Australia. With a population of 159 ...
operates a mobile library
A bookmobile, or mobile library, is a vehicle designed for use as a library. They have been known by many names throughout history, including traveling library, library wagon, book wagon, book truck, library-on-wheels, and book auto service. Boo ...
service which visits the Mount Cotton Community Park at Bohemia Court.
Mount Cotton Public Hall is at 1249–1251 Mount Cotton Road ().
St Paul's Lutheran Church is at 1257 Mount Cotton Road ().
Attractions
Sirromet Winery is on 850 Mount Cotton Road (). It has vineyards, wine-making facilities and restaurants.
Mount Cotton Hillclimb
Mount Cotton Hillclimb is a permanent Tarmacadam, tarmac hillclimbing circuit at Mount Cotton, Queensland, Mount Cotton, Queensland, Australia.
It is owned and run by the MG Car Club, MG Car Club of Queensland.
Club events are run at intervals ...
is a tarmac hillclimbing
Hillclimbing, also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing, or speed hill climbing, is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course. It is one of the oldest forms of motorsport, since the firs ...
motor racing circuit at 47 Gramzow Road (). It is long and offers steep climbs and descents with a variety of cambers on the corners, including hairpin bends
A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road. It is named for its resemblance to a bent metal ha ...
.
References
External links
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Mount Cotton - a brief history
by Mary Howell
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Suburbs of Redland City
Cotton
Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...
Cotton family
Localities in Queensland