White Mountain is a rural

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in the

Lockyer Valley Region The Lockyer Valley Region is a local government area (LGA) in the West Moreton region of South East Queensland, Australia. The region is located between the cities of Ipswich and Toowoomba, and is bordered by the Somerset and Southern Downs ...

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 , White Mountain had a population of 16 people.

Geography

The terrain is mountainous, ranging from above sea level with White Mountain () being the only named peak at . Most of the centre, south, and east of the locality forms part of the

Lockyer National Park Lockyer National Park is a national park in north of the Lockyer Valley Region in South East Queensland, Australia. The landscape is dominated by the foothills of the Great Dividing Range and features sandstone gorges and eucalypt forest. There ...

. Apart from this protected area, there is little land use of the remaining mountainous terrain, apart from small areas 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 in the north of the locality.

History

The locality was named and bounded on 18 February 2000. It presumably takes its name from the mountain.

Demographics

In the , White Mountain had a population of 21 people. In the , White Mountain had a population of 16 people.

Education

There are no schools in White Mountain. The nearest government primary school is Murphy's Creek State School in neighbouring Murphys Creek to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Highfields State Secondary College in Highfields to west.

Attractions

Red Cliffs is a sandstone cliff with a number of rockclimbing routes ().

References

{{Lockyer Valley Region Lockyer Valley Region Localities in Queensland