Mount Enniskillen, Queensland
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Mount Enniskillen is a rural
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in the
Blackall-Tambo Region The Blackall-Tambo Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Central West Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas dating from the 1870s. For the financial year ...
,
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia. In the , Mount Enniskillen had a population of 44 people.


Geography

The Enniskillen Range forms part of the south-western boundary of the locality. The mountain Mount Enniskillen () at the northern end of the range rises to above sea level. The
Landsborough Highway Landsborough Highway is a highway in western Queensland, Australia, running in the northwest–southeast direction from Morven to Cloncurry. The Landsborough Highway runs through vast tracts of land that was once occupied by William Landsboro ...
enters the locality from the south-east ( Macfarlane) and exits to the west (
Blackall Blackall is a rural town and locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is the service centre for the Blackall-Tambo Region. The dominant industry in the area is grazing with over 70 homesteads in the locality (as ...
).


History

The mountain was named on 1 October 1846 by Thomas Mitchell, the New South Wales Surveyor-General. It is believed to be named after
Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 14,086 at the 2011 censu ...
in Northern Ireland.


Demographics

In the , Mount Enniskillen had a population of 13 people. In the , Mount Enniskillen had a population of 44 people.


Education

There are no schools in Mount Enniskillen. The nearest government school is Tambo State School (Early Childhood to Year 10) in neighbouring
Tambo Tambo may refer to: People * Adelaide Tambo (1929–2007), South African anti-apartheid activist * Dali Tambo (born 1959), South African anti-apartheid activist, TV presenter and also son of Oliver Tambo and Adelaide Tambo * Oliver Tambo (1917†...
to the south-east; however this school is only within range of a daily commute for students living in the south of Mount Enniskillen. Also, there are no school providing education to Year 12 nearby. The alternatives to daily school attendance are
distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...
and boarding school.


References

{{Blackall-Tambo Region Blackall-Tambo Region Localities in Queensland