Mount Kilcoy is a rural
locality
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in the
Somerset Region
The Somerset Region is a local government area located in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia, about northwest of Brisbane and centred on the town of Esk. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Esk and th ...
,
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, subdivision_name = Australia
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, Australia.
In the , Mount Kilcoy had a population of 261 people.
Geography
Mount Kilcoy occupies a valley drained by
Kilcoy Creek at the southern end of the
Conondale Range
The Conondale Range is a mountain range in Queensland, located between Maleny, Kenilworth, Kilcoy and Jimna. The range is the most westerly part of the Sunshine Coast hinterland and part of the Great Dividing Range. The highest point on the ra ...
.
Kilcoy Weir was built at Mount Kilcoy and is able to retain a maximum of 158 megalitres.
The flatter land along the creek is used for agriculture while the sloping terrain towards the north, east and western boundaries remains vegetated.
History
The locality takes its name from the mountain which in turn takes its name from the pastoral station established by brothers Evan and Colin Mackenzie in 1842, which in turns takes its name from Kilcoy in
Ross-shire
Ross-shire (; gd, Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire – a county consisting of ...
, Scotland ().
Mount Kilcoy State School opened on 18 January 1909 with a single teacher.
At the the locality recorded a population of 255.
Education
Mount Kilcoy State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 251 Jenkinsons Road ().
In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 129 students with 13 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).
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Suburbs of Somerset Region
Localities in Queensland