• Source: Mount Moffatt, Queensland

Mount Moffatt is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people.
Mount Moffatt's postcode is 4465.




Geography


The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Chesterton Range, to the north and north-east by the Great Dividing Range, and to the east by the Merivale River.
The terrain is quite mountainous with the following named features (from north to south);

Mount Rugged (24.9000°S 147.9985°E / -24.9000; 147.9985 (Mount Rugged)) 1,130 metres (3,710 ft)
Gee Gee Gap (24.9198°S 147.8955°E / -24.9198; 147.8955 (Gee Gee Gap))
Mount Campbell (25.0066°S 147.7939°E / -25.0066; 147.7939 (Mount Campbell)) 949 metres (3,114 ft)
Mount Moffatt (25.0578°S 148.0442°E / -25.0578; 148.0442 (Mount Moffatt)) 1,097 metres (3,599 ft)
The Observatory (25.0680°S 147.9832°E / -25.0680; 147.9832 (The Observatory))
Rough Mountain (25.0963°S 147.8055°E / -25.0963; 147.8055 (Rough Mountain))
Mount Macleay (25.1229°S 147.9751°E / -25.1229; 147.9751 (Mount Macleay)) 870 metres (2,850 ft)
Mount Judy (25.1607°S 147.7502°E / -25.1607; 147.7502 (Mount Judy)) 833 metres (2,733 ft)
Mount Misery (25.2173°S 147.7148°E / -25.2173; 147.7148 (Mount Misery)) 903 metres (2,963 ft)
Mount Clift (25.2822°S 147.6400°E / -25.2822; 147.6400 (Mount Clift)) 842 metres (2,762 ft)
Mount Ogilby (25.2863°S 147.9100°E / -25.2863; 147.9100 (Mount Ogilby)) 984 metres (3,228 ft)
Ogilby Knob (25.2987°S 147.8980°E / -25.2987; 147.8980 (Ogilby Knob))
Mount Eddystone (25.3021°S 147.8297°E / -25.3021; 147.8297 (Mount Eddystone)) 890 metres (2,920 ft)
The Maranoa River rises in the locality with the west branch rising in the north of the locality (24.94185°S 148.03174°E / -24.94185; 148.03174 (Maranoa River (west branch))) and the east branch rising in the north-east of the locality (25.02058°S 148.09040°E / -25.02058; 148.09040 (Maranoa River (east branch))). The two branches of the river flow south with their confluence in the south of the locality (25.28844°S 147.76686°E / -25.28844; 147.76686 (Maranoa River (confluence))).
There are a number of protected areas within the locality:

part of the Carnarvon National Park is in the north of the locality
the McLeay State Forest is in the east of the locality
the Forfar State Forest is in the south-east of the locality
part of the Attica State Forest is in the south-west of the locality
Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation.




History


The locality was initially called Mount Moffat, but changed to Mount Moffatt on 18 October 2002. It is presumably named after the mountain Mount Moffatt within the locality.




Demographics


In the 2016 census, Mount Moffatt had "no people or a very low population".
In the 2021 census, Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people.




Education


There are no schools in Mount Moffatt nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mount Moffatt, Queensland
• Moffat (disambiguation)
• Carnarvon Park, Queensland
• Carnarvon National Park
• Mount Howe, Queensland
• County of Ward, Queensland
• City of Brisbane
• Warrego Highway state-controlled roads
• Fortitude Valley, Queensland
• Goondiwindi