Mount Rascal, Queensland

Mount Rascal is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Mount Rascal had a population of 393 people.

Geography

The locality is from the Toowoomba [central business district].
The mountain Mount Rascal is in the west of the locality with a peak of.

The locality was named during the early stages of colonisation in the region, with white pastoralists calling the Aboriginal people who defended the mountain "black rascals" for their armed resistance. In 1841, a stockman named John Hill who worked at the nearby Eton Vale estate was speared at Mount Rascal, later dying from his wounds.

In the, Mount Rascal had a population of 462 people.
In the, Mount Rascal had a population of 393 people.

There are no schools in Mount Rascal. The nearest government primary schools are in Drayton and Vale View. The nearest government secondary schools are in Harristown and Centenary Heights.