Mowbullan is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Mowbullan had a population of 12 people.

Geography

Mowbullan is completely within and surrounded by the locality of

Bunya Mountains The Bunya Mountains are a distinctive set of peaks forming an isolated section of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland. The mountain range forms the northern edge of the Darling Downs in the locality also called Bunya Mountains, Quee ...

. The town of Mount Mowbullan () is located on the north-west boundary of the locality with Bunya Mountains. The urban area is mostly within Bunya Mountains with the residential areas extending into Mowbullan. The Bunya Mountains Conservation Park is in the north-west corner of the locality, extending north into neighbouring Bunya Mountains. The south-west of the locality is used for

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 the majority of the locality being set aside or nature conservation.

History

The locality takes its name from the town of Mount Mowbullan and mountain of the same time. The name comes from the Waka language words ''mau '' meaning ''head'' and ''balan'' meaning ''bald'', referring to the treeless nature of the mountain. Mowbullan Provisional School opened on 15 February 1943. It was originally located about from the sawmill in a clearing in the rainforest on land donated by grazier Allan Stirling. When the sawmill closed, the school was relocated to Danadabah where forestry workers were living. The school closed in April 1950 when there were too few students. The school building was later used as a National Parks Office. When a new office was built in 1986, the school building was shifted again and now is used as a home for chocolate wattled bats.

Demographics

In the , Mowbullan had a population of 11 people. In the , Mowbullan had a population of 12 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mowbullan. The nearest government primary schools are Kumbia State School in Kumbia to the north-east and Quinalow State School in Quinalow to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Quinalow State School (to Year 10), Kingaroy State High School (to Year 12) in

Kingaroy Kingaroy () is a rural town and suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the Road Junction, junction of the D'Aguilar Highway, D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highway, Buny ...

to the north-east, and Nanango State High School (to Year 12) in

Nanango Nanango is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,679 people. Geography Nanango is situated north-west of the ...

to the north-east.

References

{{Western Downs Region Western Downs Region Localities in Queensland