Lower Mount Walker, Queensland

Lower Mount Walker
Queensland

Fields along Stokes Crossing Road, 2015
Lower Mount Walker
Coordinates 27°46′17″S 152°29′47″E / 27.77139°S 152.49639°E / -27.77139; 152.49639Coordinates: 27°46′17″S 152°29′47″E / 27.77139°S 152.49639°E / -27.77139; 152.49639
Population 264 (2011)[1]
Postcode(s) 4340
LGA(s) Scenic Rim Region
City of Ipswich
State electorate(s) Beaudesert
Lockyer
Federal Division(s) Wright
Blair
Suburbs around Lower Mount Walker:
Calvert Lanefield
Rosewood
Ebenezer
Grandchester Lower Mount Walker Mount Forbes
Mount Mort Mount Walker West Mount Walker

Lower Mount Walker is a locality split between the Scenic Rim Region and City of Ipswich local government areas of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australia Census the locality and surrounds recorded a population of 264.[1]

Geography

The Bremer River passes through the locality. Lower Mount Walker is home to a remnant swamp tea-tree forest which is considered critically endangered.[2]

History

The Mount Walker Lower State School opened on 12 November 1923 and closed about 31 August 1945.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lower Mount Walker(State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Neroli Roocke (8 December 2011). "Call to arms for endangered Queensland forest". ABC Rural. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Agency ID9147, Mount Walker Lower State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2015.


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