Mount Elliot, Queensland


Mount Elliot is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It contains the mountain of the same name. In the, Mount Elliot had "no people or a very low population".

Geography

The Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line form the northern boundary of the locality, with the locality once served by the now-abandoned Clevedon railway station. The northern part of Mount Elliot is still known as Clevedon.
The locality has the following named peaks :
The locality is considerably more mountainous than its surrounding localities at 50–100 metres above sea level. The entire locality forms part of the Bowling Green Bay National Park with the Alligator Creek and its waterfall being within the Mount Elliot part of the park.
Mount Elliot is a watershed with the northern and western parts of the mountain draining into the Ross River which enters the Coral Sea at Townsville City and the southern and eastern parts of the mountain draining into the Haughton River which enters the Coral Sea near Giru.

History

The mountain was most likely named by Thomas Stewart, captain of the merchant ship, Lady Elliot, which sailed from Calcutta to Sydney in 1815–1816. It is believed the ship was named after the wife of Hugh Elliot, Privy Counsellor, and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.
From 1846 until 1863, shipwreck survivor James Morrill lived with the Aboriginal clan whose country was Mount Elliot and the surrounding area.

Demographics

In the, Mount Elliot had a population of 8 people.
In the, Mount Elliot had "no people or a very low population".