Mount Irving
Queensland
Mount Irving, 2014
Mount Irving is located in Queensland
Mount Irving
Mount Irving
Coordinates27°30′52″S 151°34′40″E / 27.5144°S 151.5777°E / -27.5144; 151.5777
Population15 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density0.872/km2 (2.26/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4401
Area17.2 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)Condamine
Federal division(s)Groom
Suburbs around Mount Irving:
Evanslea Yargullen Yargullen
Mount Tyson Mount Irving Purrawunda
Mount Tyson Mount Tyson Motley

Mount Irving is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Mount Irving had a population of 15 people.[1]

Geography

Mount Irving is on the Darling Downs.

The mountain Mount Irving is in the north-east of the locality (27°30′37″S 151°35′26″E / 27.5103°S 151.5906°E / -27.5103; 151.5906 (Mount Irving (Queensland))) and its peak is at 463 metres (1,519 ft) above sea level; the surrounding plain being approximately 400 metres (1,300 ft).[3]

Road infrastructure

The Toowoomba–Cecil Plains Road runs along the southern boundary.[4]

History

The locality takes its name from the nearby mountain, which in run was named for Clark Irving of Warra (also known Warra Warra) pastoral run.[2][5][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Irving (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Irving – locality in Toowoomba Region (entry 48010)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Irving – mountain in the Toowoomba Region (entry 16850)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Mount Irving, Queensland (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "SOME DOWNS PLACE NAMES". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXVII, no. 277. Queensland, Australia. 22 November 1928. p. 19. Retrieved 23 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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