Greenmount, Queensland

Greenmount, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Greenmount
state = qld


caption = Greenmount war memorial.
lga = Toowoomba Regional Council
postcode = 4359
est =
pop = 336
pop_footnotes=
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Cunningham
fedgov = Groom
dist1 = 156
dir1 = W
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 31
dir2 = S
location2= Toowoomba

Greenmount, formerly known as Greenmount West, [ [http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=14787 Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water] - Place Names Database] and prior to that as Emu Creek, is a rural town on the Darling Downs in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is located just off the New England Highway convert|32|km|mi|0|lk=on south of the regional city of Toowoomba. At the 2006 census, Greenmount had a population of 336.Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL325140
name=Greenmount (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2008-03-30|quick=on
]

The region was settled by graziers in the 1840s; farming activities remain the chief source of employment in Greenmount today. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/Queensland/Greenmount/2005/02/17/1108500203367.html Sydney Morning Herald] - Travel Page]

Author Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis), of "Dad and Dave" fame, lived in the region and attended the local school until the age of twelve. [ [http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogD.html#davis1 Dictionary of Australian Biography] - Steele Rudd]

References

External links

* [http://www.cambooya.qld.gov.au/ Cambooya Shire Council]


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