Mount Debateable is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Mount Debateable had a population of 40 people.

Geography

The

Burnett River The Burnett River is a river in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Course and features The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta and east ...

forms the northern boundary of the locality. The Gayndah Mundubbera Road passes through the locality from east (

Gayndah Gayndah () is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. In the , the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,949 p ...

) to west ( Deep Creek). Despite the name, the Mount Debateable railway station is not in the locality but in

Dirnbir Dirnbir is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dirnbir had a population of 59 people. Geography The Burnett River forms the southern boundary of the locality at an e ...

north of the river. It was originally known as Buckingah railway station until August 1913. It was on the now-closed

Mungar Junction to Monto railway line The Mungar Junction to Monto railway line is a railway in Queensland, Australia. Progressively opened in eleven stages between 1889 and 1928 the line branched from the North Coast railway line, Queensland, North Coast line at Mungar railway ...

. There are two peaks in the locality: * Mount Debateable in the north of the locality () at above sea level * White Hill in the north-east of the locality () at The predominant land use is grazing with some irrigated cropping near the Burnett River.

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain, which in turn takes its name from the Mount Debateable pastoral run taken up in 1851 by George Mocatta. Although it is sometimes written as ''Mount Debatable'', in February 1987, the

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confirmed the official spelling to be ''Mount Debateable''. In January 1912, tenders were called to build Mount Debateable State School. In 1926, the school building was relocated to a new site about away and the school was renamed Granite Hill State School. A new school building was constructed in 1929. The school closed in 1957.

Demographics

In the , Mount Debateable had a population of 54 people. In the , Mount Debateable had a population of 40 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Debateable. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Gayndah State School and Burnett State College, both in neighbouring

to the east.

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History

Demographics

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