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Bony Mountain, Queensland

Coordinates: 28°06′02″S 151°50′33″E / 28.1005°S 151.8425°E / -28.1005; 151.8425 (Bony Mountain (centre of locality))
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Bony Mountain
Queensland
Bony Mountain is located in Queensland
Bony Mountain
Bony Mountain
Coordinates28°06′02″S 151°50′33″E / 28.1005°S 151.8425°E / -28.1005; 151.8425 (Bony Mountain (centre of locality))
Population91 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density1.348/km2 (3.492/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4370
Area67.5 km2 (26.1 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Southern Downs Region
State electorate(s)Southern Downs
Federal division(s)Maranoa
Suburbs around Bony Mountain:
Old Talgai Victoria Hill Talgai
Pratten Bony Mountain Deuchar
Cunningham Wheatvale
Upper Wheatvale
Massie

Bony Mountain is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Bony Mountain had a population of 91 people.[1]

History

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The locality was named after mountain which was named after bones of horses found in the vicinity, possibly from runaways from Toolburra station or from horses that died from the drought in 1900.[2][3]

Bony Mountain Provisional School opened on 18 February 1902. On 1 January 1909, it became Bony Mountain State School. It closed on 30 March 1972.[4] It was in the northern part of 20 Bony Mountain Road (28°07′52″S 151°50′02″E / 28.1310°S 151.8340°E / -28.1310; 151.8340 (Bony Mountain State School)).[5][6][7]

Demographics

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In the 2016 census, Bony Mountain had a population of 94 people.[8]

In the 2021 census, Bony Mountain had a population of 91 people.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bony Mountain (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Bony Mountain – locality in Southern Downs Region (entry 47645)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Bony Mountain – mountain in Southern Downs Region (entry 3587)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  4. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  5. ^ "Parish of North Toolburra" (Map). Queensland Government. 1931. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m41" (Map). Queensland Government. 1962. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  8. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bony Mountain (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata