Mount Barney, Queensland
Mount Barney is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Mount Barney had a population of 46 people. The locality is on the border with New South Wales.
Geography
The locality takes its name from the mountain of the same name. The Mount Barney National Park occupies all of the south and west of the locality with other discontiguous sections of the national park in the north and east of the locality.The Logan River rises in the south-west of the locality. It flows through the locality forming part of the south-eastern boundary and part of the north-eastern boundary, before exiting the locality to the north-east.
Farm land lies in a valley of the Logan River in the eastern part of the locality which separates the mountain Mount Barney from Mount Gillies in the very east of the locality. The land use in the valley is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing near the Logan River.
The locality has the following mountains :
- Toms Tum
- North East Rock
- Bippoh Peak
- Leaning Peak
- North Pinnacle
- Barrabool
- Mount Barney
- Mount Barney
- Yellow Pinch
- Gwyala Peak
- Burrajum Peak
- Mount Ernest
History
The Thulumbah Provisional School opened in 1901 and became Thulumbah State School on 1 January 1909. In 1916, it was renamed Mount Barney State School. The school closed in 1962. It was located on a bend in the Mount Barney Road.Demographics
In the, Mount Barney had a population of 22 people. The locality contains 23 households, in which 50.0% of the population are males and 50.0% of the population are females with a median age of 31, 7 years below the national average. The average weekly household income is $0, $1,438 below the national average.In the, Mount Barney had a population of 46 people.