Mount Chalmers, Queensland

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Mount Chalmers
Queensland
Rural landscape, Mount Chalmers, 2016
Mount Chalmers
Coordinates23°17′51″S 150°38′25″E / 23.2975°S 150.6402°E / -23.2975; 150.6402 (Mount Chalmers (town centre))
Population226 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density6.494/km2 (16.82/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4702
Area34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Livingstone
State electorate(s)Keppel
Federal division(s)Capricornia
Localities around Mount Chalmers:
Ironpot Cawarral Cawarral
Mount Archer Mount Chalmers Tungamull
Mount Archer Nankin Nankin

Mount Chalmers is a rural town and locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 226 people.[1]

Geography

The town of Mount Chalmers is in the north of the locality with Mount Nicholson being a neighbourhood within the south of the locality (23°19′00″S 150°39′00″E / 23.3166°S 150.65°E / -23.3166; 150.65 (Mount Nicholson (neighbourhood))).[4]

The locality contains the following named peaks:[5]

History

Gold was found in Mount Chalmers in 1860 but gold mining did not commence in the area until 1869. It was named after Mr Chambers who established a battery. In 1899 copper mining commenced.[10]

Mount Chalmers Provisional School opened on 23 January 1901. On 1 January 1909 it became Mount Chalmers State School.[11] The school was mothballed on 31 December 2005 and its closure finalised on 31 December 2006.[12][13] In 2014 the Livingstone Shire Council purchased the site for $230,000 for use by the local community.[14] It is located at 16 School Street (23°17′56″S 150°38′27″E / 23.2989°S 150.6409°E / -23.2989; 150.6409 (Mount Chalmers State School (former))).[15][16]

In 1908, the Yeppoon railway line was established from Sleipners Junction on the North Rockhampton to Emu Park railway line and then through to Yeppoon railway station.[10] Mount Chalmers railway station (23°18′04″S 150°38′28″E / 23.30111°S 150.64111°E / -23.30111; 150.64111 (Mount Chalmers railway station (former))) served the town, and Mount Nicholson railway station (23°19′03″S 150°38′38″E / 23.3175°S 150.6440°E / -23.3175; 150.6440 (Mount Nicholson railway station (former))) served the south of the locality.[17]

In 1911, the census recorded a population of 1,181.[10]

The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart opened St Joseph's Catholic primary school in 1913.[18][19] It closed in 1914.[20]

Mining ended in 1914 and people moved away; the 1921 census showed the population had fallen to 95 people.[10]

The Yeppoon railway line ceased passenger services in 1978 and closed completely in 2004.[21]

In January 2023, Carinity Education Rockhampton opened a campus in Mount Chalmers in former Mount Chalmers State School to provide special education services.[22]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 216 people.[23]

In the 2016 census, the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 235 people.[24]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 226 people.[1]

Education

Carinity Education Rockhampton is a special secondary co-educational school (Years 7 to 9) at 18 School Street (23°17′54″S 150°38′27″E / 23.29844°S 150.64081°E / -23.29844; 150.64081 (Carinity Education Rockhampton)). It is operated by the Baptist Union of Queensland and provides education for children who are not succeeding in a mainstream school by providing individualised support in a Christian setting.[25] Students will then transfer to the school's Glenlee campus for later years of schooling. In 2023, the Mount Chalmers campus had 40 students.[26][27]

There are no government schools in Mount Chalmers. The nearest government primary school is Cawarral State School in neighbouring Cawaral to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are North Rockhampton State High School in Frenchville, Rockhampton, to the south-west and Yeppoon State High School in Yeppoon to the north-east.[5]

Amenities

The Mount Chalmers Community History Centre operates from the old school site.[28] The old school also has a library run by volunteers and supported by the Livingstone Shire Council.[29][30]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Chalmers (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Mount Chalmers – town in Livingstone Shire (entry 22988)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Mount Chalmers – locality in Livingstone Shire (entry 49425)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Mount Nicholson – locality unbounded in Livingstone Shire (entry 23115)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Cabbage Tree Hill – mountain in Livingstone Shire (entry 5632)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Mount Chalmers – mountain in Livingstone Shire (entry 6822)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Mount Standish – mountain in Livingstone Shire (entry 32178)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d "Mount Chalmers". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  11. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  12. ^ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Queensland state school - centre closures" (PDF). Queensland Government. 20 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Council purchases Mt Chalmers State School for the community". Livingstone Shire Council. 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  15. ^ Chiclcott, Tanya; Vlasic, Kimberley (7 June 2013). "Full school asssets sale list". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Mount Chalmers State School (former)" (Map). Google Maps. October 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Mount Chalmers railway station (entry 22989)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Queensland". Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  19. ^ "THE CHURCHES". Morning Bulletin. No. 13, 895. Queensland, Australia. 8 May 1909. p. 5. Retrieved 7 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ^ "St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Mount Chalmers". National Redress Scheme. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  21. ^ "Emu Park/Yeppoon Railway" (PDF). Archer Park Rail Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Changes to the Register of Non-State Schools (Qld)" (PDF). Non-State Schools Accreditation Board. Queensland Government. 3 February 2023. p. 1.
  23. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mount Chalmers (SSC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  24. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Chalmers (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  25. ^ "Education". Carinity. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  26. ^ "Demand inspires Carinity to open new school campus". Carinity. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  27. ^ "Our school is growing". Carinity Education - Rockhampton. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  28. ^ "Mt Chalmers Community History Centre". Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  29. ^ "Mount Chalmers Library". Library Thing. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  30. ^ "Libraries". Livingstone Shire Council. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
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