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Mount Royal Range 
Country Australia State New South Wales Region Hunter Region Range Great Dividing Range Highest point Brumlow Tops - elevation 1,586 m (5,203 ft) The Mount Royal Range is a mountain range in New South Wales, Australia. Prominent peaks in the range include Mount Polblue (1575 metres)[1], Brumlow Tops (1586 metres), Gulph Mountain, Gog and Magog, The Pinnacle, Paddys Ridge, Mount William, Mount Paterson, Mount Allyn, Mount Royal (1185 metres), Mount Toonumbue, the Belgrave Pinnacle, Mirannie Mountain, Mount George, Hudsons Peak, Mount Johnstone.[2] The range is named after Mount Royal, one of its prominent peaks.
The Mount Royal Range is a spur on the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range. It diverges from the Liverpool Range at a point north of Scone, New South Wales, and generally forms the divide between the Hunter River and Manning River drainage basins (both of which drain to the east coast of New South Wales).
To provide water for the Bayswater Power Station, the Barnard River Scheme was constructed in the 1980s so water could be transported over the range into the Hunter River.
The Mount Royal range forms the northern rim of the Hunter Valley. The Barrington Tops, an elevated plateau at the headwaters of the Barrington River, are part of the Mount Royal Range. The World Heritage listed Barrington Tops National Park includes this area.
Gallery
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Mount Royal - eucalyptus forest
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Mount Royal - eucalyptus forest
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Mount Royal, basalt at 1100 metres
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Mount Royal - cloud forest, moss & ferns
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Mount Royal - cloud forest, basalt & ferns
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Mount Royal, cloud forest, basalt, ferns & moss
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Mount Royal, cloud forest, Hill water gum rainforest at summit
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Snow Gums at Brumlow Tops summit, altitude 1586 metres, the highest point in northern New South Wales
See also
- List of mountains of Australia
References
- ^ "Barrington Tops World Heritage Area". http://www.barringtons.com.au/NaturalBeauty/i4.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "Mountain systems of Australia". Australian Bureau of Statistics:Year Book Australia, 1909. http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/6a446874c613a955ca2569e300158043!OpenDocument. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
Coordinates: 31°50′S 151°29′E / 31.833°S 151.483°E
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& localitiesAlison • Allynbrook • Anleys Creek • Bandon Grove • Barrington Tops • Bendolba • Bingleburra • Black Camp • Bonnington • Bonnington Park • Brookfield • Brownmore • Cairnsmore • Cambra • Camyr Allyn • Cangon • Carrabolla • Cawarra • Chads Creek • Chichester • Cintra • Clarence Town • Clarence Town West • Clay Hill • Colstoun • Cooreei • Coulston • Crooks Park • Dingadee • Douribang • Dungog • Dusodie • East Gresford • Eccleston • Elms Hall • Fishers Hill • Flat Tops • Fosterton • Glen Martin • Glen Oak • Glen William • Gresford • Halton • Hanleys Creek • Hilldale • Kenilworth • Kilbride • Lennoxton • Lewinsbrook • Lostock • Lyndhurst Vale • Main Creek • Marshdale • Martins Creek • Masseys Creek • Maxwells Creek • Melbee • Mill Hills • Mount Rivers • Munni • Paterson • Pine Brush • Quartpot • Raglan • Salisbury • Sugarloaf • Summerhill • Tabbil Creek • Tillegra • Tillimby • Torryburn • Trevallyn • Tunnibuc • Underbank • Upper Allyn • Upper Chichester • Vacy • Wallaringa • Wallarobba • Wangat • Webbers Creek • Welshmans Creek • Wirragulla • Woerden
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points of interestBarrington River • Barrington Tops National Park • Chichester Dam • Chichester River • Gloucester River • Lostock Dam • Mount Royal National Park • Mount Royal Range • Paterson River • Williams River
Significant places and items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales Commerce and industry IndustryDarley Stud • Hunter Valley Coal Chain • Hunter Valley wine • Kia-Ora stud • Kooragang Island • Newcastle Port Corporation • Tomago aluminium smelterShoppingOtherEducation PrimarySecondaryAll Saints College, St Joseph's Campus • Avondale School • Hunter School of the Performing Arts • Hunter Valley Grammar School • Irrawang High School • Lambton High School • Maitland Grossmann High School • Maitland High School • Merewether High School • Newcastle Grammar School • Newcastle High School • Rutherford Technology High School • Tomaree High SchoolTertiaryEntertainment, sport & culture Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium • Dungog Film Festival • Hunter Valley Steamfest • Newcastle Civic Theatre • Newcastle Entertainment Centre • Newcastle International Sports Centre • Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground • Newcastle Regional ShowGeography GeneralBroughton Island • Burning Mountain • Cape Hawke • Glenrock Lagoon • Lake Macquarie • Myall Lakes • Mount Royal Range • Mount Sugarloaf • Port Stephens • Stockton Beach • Tops to Myall Heritage TrailNational parksBarrington Tops National Park • Black Bulga State Conservation Area • Booti Booti National Park • Ghin-Doo-Ee National Park • Mount Royal National Park • Myall Lakes National Park • Tomaree National Park • Towarri National Park • Wallingat National Park • Watagans National Park • Werakata National ParkRiversAvon River • Barrington River • Chichester River • Gloucester River • Goulburn River • Hunter River • Karuah River • Manning River • Myall River • Pages River • Paterson River • Williams RiverHistorical Air transportDefenceEducationGeneralHistory of Newcastle, New South Wales • Hunter Valley cannabis infestation • Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest • Maitland Gaol • Nobbys Head • Royal Newcastle Hospital • Tahlee historic propertyIndustryCockle Creek Power Station • Cockle Creek Smelter • South Maitland coalfields • South Waratah Colliery • State Dockyard • Teralba Colliery • Walka Water Works • Wangi Power StationMaritimeNatural disasters1989 Newcastle earthquake • June 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms • Seaham bushfires (1939)PeopleRailGeneralHunter Valley Railway Trust • Hunter Valley Steamfest • Murulla rail accidentRailway linesBelmont railway line • East Maitland – Morpeth railway line • Fernleigh Track • Richmond Vale Railway • South Maitland Railway • Toronto railway lineRailway stationsTramsWine makingWorld War IINo. 2 Fighter Sector RAAF • No. 208 Radar Station RAAF • HMAS Assault • Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch • Lake Macquarie anti-submarine boom • Newcastle Covering Force • RAAF Base Rathmines • Shelling of NewcastleInfrastructure TransportRoadBus routes in Newcastle, New South Wales • Bucketts Way • Golden Highway • Hunter Expressway • New England Highway • Newcastle Inner City Bypass • Pacific Highway • Putty Road • Sydney-Newcastle Freeway • Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge • Thunderbolts WayRailway linesHunter • Main North • Newcastle and Central CoastRailway stationsAberdeen • Adamstown • Awaba • Beresfield • Booragul • Branxton • Broadmeadow • Cardiff • Civic • Cockle Creek • Dora Creek • Dungog • East Maitland • Fassifern • Glendale • Greta • Hamilton • Hexham • High Street • Hilldale • Kotara • Lochinvar • Maitland • Martins Creek • Metford • Mindaribba • Morisset • Muswellbrook • Newcastle • Paterson • Sandgate • Scone • Singleton • Tarro • Telarah • Teralba • Thornton • Victoria Street • Wallarobba • Warabrook • Waratah • Wickham • Wirragulla • WyeeAirUtilitiesElectricity generationBayswater Power Station • Eraring Power Station • Lake Liddell • Liddell Power Station • Redbank Power Station • Teralba Colliery • Vales Point Power StationWater supplyMedia Other DefenceGeneralHospitalsCategories:- Mountain ranges of New South Wales
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