The Head is a rural

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in the

Southern Downs Region The Southern Downs Region is a local government area (LGA) in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The region runs along the state's southern boundary with New South Wales and was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of War ...

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, Australia. It borders

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. In the , The Head had a population of 12 people.

Geography

The locality is loosely bounded by the

Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills. It runs roughl ...

to the north-east, east, and south-east. The south-east boundary is also the state border between Queensland and New South Wales. The terrain is mountainous, ranging from above sea level. The

Condamine River The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The river is approximately 500 kilometres (3 ...

rises in the north-east of the locality () and flows through the locality exiting to the south-west (

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). This may be the origin of the name ''The Head''. Wilsons Peak is a neighbourhood within the locality (). The mountain from which it takes its name is close to the boundary between The Head and Carneys Creek () and is in height. Part of the north-east of the locality is within the

Main Range National Park The Main Range is a mountain range and national park in Queensland, Australia, located predominantly in Tregony, Queensland, Tregony, Southern Downs Region, southwest of Brisbane. It is part of the World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Au ...

. Apart from this protected area, the land use is a mixture of

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 and crop growing.

History

The neighbourhood of Wilsons Peak is named after the mountain peak of the same name, which in turn was named by Captain

Patrick Logan Captain Patrick Logan (baptised 15 November 1791 – 17 October 1830) was a Scottish army officer who was the commandant of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement from 1826 until his death in 1830 at the hands of Aboriginal Australians. As he had b ...

, commandant of the

Moreton Bay penal colony 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 th ...

, probably after Captain Wilson, the Director of Public Works in

. The peak's Indigenous name is Jirramun. Wilson's Peak State School opened on 23 August 1909 and closed on 1944. It was located at 1966 Condamine River Road (). The site is now used as short-term holiday accommodation.

Demographics

In the , The Head had a population of 7 people. In the , The Head had a population of 12 people.

Education

There are no schools in The Head. The nearest government primary and secondary school (to Year 10) is Killarney State School in

Killarney Killarney ( ; , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Killar ...

to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools (to Year 12) are

Warwick State High School Warwick State High School is a heritage-listed state high school at 15 Palmerin Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye and Block A was built from 1914 to 1915. It is also known as Warwick Te ...

Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjacent to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. It is south of Coventry, and south-east of Birmingham. It is adjoined wit ...

to the north-west and Boonah State High School in

Boonah Boonah is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Boonah had a population of 2,557 people. Geography The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley, McPherson Range and Main Ra ...

to the north-east.

References

{{Southern Downs Region Southern Downs Region Localities in Queensland