Mount Morgan, Queensland
town in Queensland, Australia
Mount Morgan is a rural town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.
The town was the administrative centre of the Mount Morgan Shire until March 2008, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring local government areas to form the Rockhampton Region.
In the 2021 census, the town of Mount Morgan had a population of 2,487 people, while the locality of Mount Morgan had a population of 2,018 people.
Geography
The town of Mount Morgan is situated on the Dee River, 38 kilometres (24 mi) south of the city of Rockhampton, and is 680 kilometres (420 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane. The Burnett Highway passes through the town.
There are a number of neighbourhoods within the locality:
Gordon Vale (23.65°S 150.3833°E / -23.65; 150.3833 (Gordon Vale (neighbourhood)))
Kenbula (23.6578°S 150.3706°E / -23.6578; 150.3706 (Kenbula (neighbourhood))), located around the former Kenbula railway station
Talban (23.6503°S 150.3758°E / -23.6503; 150.3758 (Talban (neighbourhood))), located around the former Talban railway station
The names Kenbula and Talban were both assigned by the Queensland Railway Department on 18 November 1911. Both are Aboriginal names, Kenbula meaning ironbark tree and Talban meaning stone curlew.
History
Prior to European migrants settling in the area, the area was part of the Kangulu peoples traditional lands.
Mount Morgan was founded as a gold mining town in 1882. The town takes its name from the family who took out the original gold mining leases in the area: Frederick Augustus Morgan and his brothers Thomas Squire Morgan and Edwin Francis Morgan.
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