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词条 Mount Morgan, Queensland
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  1. Geography

  2. History

  3. Amenities

  4. Heritage listings

  5. Tourism

  6. Events

  7. Notable people

  8. Gallery

  9. See also

  10. References

  11. External links

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}{{Infobox Australian place
| type = City
| name = Mount Morgan
| state = qld
| image = Morgan Street, Mount Morgan.jpg
| caption = Mount Morgan's Central Business District
| coordinates = {{coord|23|39|S|150|23|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = left
| lga = Rockhampton Region
| postcode = 4714
| est = 1882
| pop = 1963
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = [1]
| elevation = 341
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| stategov = Mirani
| fedgov = Flynn
| dist1 = 655
| location1= Brisbane
| dist2 = 39
| location2= Rockhampton
| near-n = Baree
Leydens Creek
| near-ne = Johnsons Hill
| near-e = Struck Oil
| near-se = Limestone
| near-s = Horse Creek
| near-sw = Boulder Creek
| near-w = The Mine
| near-nw = Walterhall
}}Mount Morgan is a town and locality in Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] The town was the administrative centre of the Mount Morgan Shire until March 2008, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring local government areas to form the Rockhampton Region. In the 2011 census, Mount Morgan had a population of 2,115 people.[4]

Geography

The town of Mount Morgan is situated on the Dee River, {{convert|38|km|mi}} south of the city of Rockhampton, and is {{convert|680|km|mi}} north of the state capital, Brisbane. The Burnett Highway passes through the town.[5]

Mount Morgan's highest point of 341 metres is located at approximately {{coord|23|37|S|150|23.95|E}}, approximately 600 metres east of the centre of the Baree township.

History

Mount Morgan was founded on Kangulu tribal lands as a gold mining town in 1882,[6] and over time the Mount Morgan Mine has produced gold, silver and copper. Among those making a fortune from this mine was William Knox D'Arcy. D'Arcy used his fortune to finance oil exploration in Iran, which led to the formation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (now BP).

Mount Morgan Post Office opened on 18 May 1885 (a receiving office had been open from 1884).[7]

Mount Morgan Central State School opened in 1887 and grew so rapidly that it was separated into two schools on different sites the following year, forming Mount Morgan Boys State School and Mount Morgan Girls and Infants State School. The word 'Central' was added to the name of these two schools from 1911. They were amalgamated back into one school in 1929. With the growth of the town during the boom years other state schools opened and operated, some for many years in close proximity. These included the Red Hill State School, Walterhall State School, and Calliungal North State School. Mount Morgan State High School was the first school of its kind to open in Queensland in 1912.[8]

The town of Mount Morgan grew in a haphazard fashion around the entrance to the mining lease near the Dee River from the early 1880s. By 1889 a number of the major religions had established congregations and erected churches including the Primitive Methodists (1885), the Catholics (1887) and the Anglicans (1889). That year the town's name was formally changed from 'South Calliungal' to 'Mount Morgan', and by 1891 the Queensland census recorded a population of 3514.[9]

The railway link between Mount Morgan and Rockhampton was not built until 1898. Until that time, everything was transported by horse teams. The Mount Morgan Mining Company had a depot in Quay Street, where the wagoners would load up. Initially there were two routes to Rockhampton, one via Crocodile (now Bouldercombe) and the other via Kabra, Boongarry and Moonmera. In 1885, a road was built over the Razorback Range.[10]

Like many Australian towns, in 1899 to 1900, the Siege of Mafeking was avidly followed in the news in Mount Morgan. With every confidence in a British victory, in March 1900, the town's people decided to prepare to celebrate the relief of Mafeking as soon as it was announced. The town band was to assemble immediately on the corner of East and Morgan Streets and other entertainments were arranged, such as a bonfire and a greasy pig.[11] On 20 May 1900, on hearing the news of the relief of Mafeking, bonfires were lit on the hills around the town, the bands were playing, and patriotic speeches were made.[12] The celebrations did not end there, as by November 2000, a "Mafeking" bell had been installed in a tower beside the town hall.[13] The bell had been cast at the Mount Morgan Mine and weighed 7 cwt (360kg). The sound of the bell was described as "blood curdling" and led to arguments as to whether the bell was cracked.[14] By 1955, the wooden tower had rotted and the bell was taken down to be relocated to the verandah of the town hall.[15][16] In 1969 the belll was relocated to the scout hall in Dee Street as the army leader at Mafekin was Lord Baden-Powell who established the Scouting movement in 1907.[17] In February 2018, the bell was returned to the main street of Mount Morgan as part of a streetscape redevelopment project.[18][19] There is a popular story that the schoolchildren of Mount Isa funded the bell by donating pennies (either to pay for it or to be melted down to construct it),[18][19][20] but the earliest sources so far identified for this story are from 1955,[15] 55 years after the bell was cast, and the commemorative plaque which also presents this story was not created until 1962.[21]

The Mount Morgan Mine finally closed in 1981, having produced vast quantities of gold during its lifetime. During the mining operation, most of the mountain was mined away, and the town now lies adjacent to a 43 m deep acid-water filled pit. Mining companies still prospect today in the area, and plans to extract further gold from tailings at the mine site are always under development. The Queensland Government, through its Department of Natural Resources Mines and Water have begun a rehabilitation project of the minesite.

At the 2006 census, Mount Morgan had a population of 2,447.[22]

Prior to white settlement of the area, the area was part of the Kangulu peoples traditional lands.

Amenities

The Rockhampton Regional Council operates the Mount Morgan Library at 31 Morgan Street.[23] The Mount Morgan Public Library opened in 1993.[24]

The Mount Morgan branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the CWA Hall at 127 East Street.[25]

Heritage listings

Mount Morgan has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • Burnett Highway: Mount Morgan Mine[26]
  • 4 Central Street: Mount Morgan State High School[27]
  • 39 Central Street: Grand Hotel[28]
  • East Street: Mount Morgan Cemetery[29]
  • 2 Gordon Street: Mount Morgan Masonic Temple[30]
  • 11 Gordon Street: St Mary's Anglican Church[31]
  • 28 Hall Street: Court House and Police Station[32]
  • Morgan Street: Coronation Lamp War Memorial[33]
  • 28 Morgan Street: Queensland National Hotel[34]
  • 31 Morgan Street: Mount Morgan School of Arts[35]
  • 38 Morgan Street: Commonwealth Bank Building[36]
  • 44 Morgan Street: Mount Morgan Central State School[37]
  • Railway Parade: Mount Morgan railway station[38]
  • Westwood/Oakey Creek: Adolphus William Copper Smelter[39]

Tourism

Tourism plays a large part in the economy of the town today. A number of historic buildings still exist in the town, and tourists can take excursions to the remains of the mine. The area was host to one of the few rack railways (as part of the line from Mount Morgan to Rockhampton) to operate in Australia. The rack portion of the line was replaced by a conventional adhesion railway in the 1950s.[40] In turn, the replacement line was closed in 1987, and the town no longer has a rail connection. The Mount Morgan railway station is still standing and now operates as a Museum and Tourist Information Centre. There is a regular bus service between Rockhampton, Gracemere and Mount Morgan provided by Young's Bus Service.

Events

Mount Morgan is known to hold the Golden Mount Festival in the main street at the end of April or the start of May as part of the Labour Day holiday. The festival usually starts on a Friday and finishes the next Monday. The Morgan Street is closed to vehicles during Saturday of the Festival for the day for markets and activities such as floats and "Running the Cutter" races.

Notable people

  • Jens Hansen Lundager, mayor of Mount Morgan, editor of the Mount Morgan Argus, photographer
  • Alma Moodie, German-based concert violinist and teacher[41][42]
  • Stephen Moore (rugby union), captain of the Wallabies, lived in Mount Morgan when his family first came to Queensland
  • Mervyn Henry Stevenson, superintendent of the Townsville police district and inductee of the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame[43][44]

Gallery

See also

{{Portal|Queensland}}
  • Mining in Australia
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References

1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32019 |name=Mount Morgan (State Suburb) |accessdate=29 January 2018 |quick=on}}
2. ^{{Cite QPN|23098|Mount Morgan|town|accessdate=28 March 2017}}
3. ^{{Cite QPN|48786|Mount Morgan|locality|accessdate=28 March 2017}}
4. ^{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31149 |name=Mount Morgan|accessdate=9 December 2015|quick=on}}
5. ^{{Queensland Globe|accessdate=28 March 2017}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kangulu.htm|title=Tindale Tribes – Kangulu|last=|first=|date=|website=South Australian Museum Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002235750/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kangulu.htm|archive-date=2 October 2017|dead-url=no|access-date=3 October 2017}}
7. ^{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | accessdate = 10 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | dead-url = no | df = dmy-all }}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/topics/oldest-sec-schools.html|title=The oldest state secondary schools in Queensland|website=education.qld.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140634/http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/topics/oldest-sec-schools.html|archive-date=29 January 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
9. ^Erik Eklund, Mining Towns: making a living, making a life {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414012454/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/163809700?q |date=14 April 2014 }}, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2012, pp. 75-76.
10. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56945822 |title=BACK TO COACHING AND TEAMSTER DAYS. |newspaper=The Morning Bulletin |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=7 June 1950 |accessdate=3 March 2011 |page=3 Supplement: Supplement |via=National Library of Australia}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52570518|title=MOUNT MORGAN.|date=28 March 1900|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|accessdate=31 October 2018|issue=10,651|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LXI,|page=6|via=National Library of Australia}}
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75676520|title=The Celebration in the Colonies.|date=22 May 1900|newspaper=The Western Champion And General Advertiser For The Central-western Districts|accessdate=31 October 2018|issue=435|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XVII,|page=7|via=National Library of Australia}}
13. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76564369|title=With the Barcaldine Band.|date=27 November 1900|newspaper=The Western Champion And General Advertiser For The Central-western Districts|accessdate=31 October 2018|issue=462|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XVIII,|page=13|via=National Library of Australia}}
14. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76564482|title=With the Barcaldine Band.|date=4 December 1900|newspaper=The Western Champion And General Advertiser For The Central-western Districts|accessdate=31 October 2018|issue=462|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XVIII,|page=13|via=National Library of Australia}}
15. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79251915|title=MT MORGAN Place Wanted For "Mafeking" Bell|date=21 July 1955|newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald|accessdate=31 October 2018|issue=1927|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=22,|page=24|via=National Library of Australia}}
16. ^{{Citation|author1=Golding, F. L. (Frank L.)|title=An old mining town in Queensland : Mount Morgan|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38258758|publication-date=1978-01-01|publisher=Royal Historical Society of Queensland|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
17. ^{{Citation|author1=Rodgers, Cheryl|title=Mount Morgan Boy Scout building and the Mafeking Bell, 2007|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/153927057|publication-date=2007|publisher=John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
18. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://gladstonenews.com.au/kens-flynn-focus-3/|title=Ken’s Flynn in Focus|last=O'Dowd|first=Ken|authorlink=Ken O'Dowd|date=8 March 2018|website=Gladstone News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323230656/http://gladstonenews.com.au/kens-flynn-focus-3/|archive-date=23 March 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=31 October 2018|df=dmy-all}}
19. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au/AboutCouncil/News-and-announcements/Latest-News/Mount-Morgan-streetscape-officially-opens|title=Mount Morgan streetscape officially opens|last=|first=|date=23 February 2018|website=|publisher=Rockhampton Regional Council|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=31 October 2018}}
20. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.tmctours.com.au/mount-morgan-buildings.pdf|title=Information points of Mount Morgan buildings|last=|first=|date=|website=TMC Tours|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=31 October 2018}}
21. ^{{Cite web|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/boer/display/92084-mafeking-bell|title=Mafeking Bell|last=|first=|date=|website=Monument Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031081735/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/boer/display/92084-mafeking-bell|archive-date=31 October 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=31 October 2018}}
22. ^{{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL341800|name=Mount Morgan (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=13 June 2011|quick=on}}
23. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/rockhampton/mt_morgan_library|title=Mount Morgan Library, Public Libraries Connect|last=|first=|date=1 September 2014|website=Public Libraries Connect|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131142346/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/rockhampton/mt_morgan_library|archive-date=31 January 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
24. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-2017|last=|first=|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}
25. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=|access-date=26 December 2018}}
26. ^{{cite QHR|15526|Mount Morgan Mine Site|600751|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
27. ^{{cite QHR||Mount Morgan State High School|650005|accessdate=13 February 2018}}
28. ^{{cite QHR|15518|Grand Hotel|600743|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
29. ^{{cite QHR|15528|Mount Morgan Cemetery including Chinese Shrine and Linda Memorial|600753|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
30. ^{{cite QHR|15519|Masonic Temple Mount Morgan|600744|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
31. ^{{cite QHR|16897|St Mary's Anglican Church, Church hall and Bell Tower|601690|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
32. ^{{cite QHR|15520|Court House and Police Station|600745|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
33. ^{{cite QHR|15525|The Coronation Lamp|600750|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
34. ^{{cite QHR|15523|Queensland National Hotel (former)|600748|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
35. ^{{cite QHR|15524|School of Arts Hall & Library|600749|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
36. ^{{cite QHR|15521|Commonwealth Bank (former)|600746|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
37. ^{{cite QHR|15522|Central State School|600747|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
38. ^{{cite QHR|15527|Mount Morgan Railway Station Complex|600752|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
39. ^{{cite QHR|5033|Adolphus William Copper Smelter and Dee Township|700013|accessdate=12 July 2013}}
40. ^"Last Days of the Mount Morgan Rack Railway" Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, December, 1950 pp125-126
41. ^Chapter9: Leisure and entertainment: aspects of popular culture at Mount Morgan {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824034900/http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au/thesis/adt-QCQU/uploads/approved/adt-QCQU20050427.131849/public/10chapter9.pdf |date=24 August 2006 }}
42. ^Kay Dreyfus, Alma Moodie and the Landscape of Giftedness, 2002
43. ^Anderson, John, "Tough bush adversary", Townsville Bulletin, 22 December 2001.
44. ^"Fitting farewell for bush policeman", Townsville Bulletin, 22 December 2001.

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Mount Morgan, Queensland}}
  • University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Mount Morgan
  • Article in the Age Newspaper about Mount Morgan
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061107040124/http://www.mtmorganshs.qld.edu.au/ Mount Morgan State High School]
  • Mount Morgan Tourist Push
  • Rockhampton Regional Council
  • {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56945700 |title=Back to Mount Morgan. |newspaper=The Morning Bulletin |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=7 June 1950 |accessdate=3 March 2011 |page=1 Supplement: Supplement |via=National Library of Australia}}
  • {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106296351 |title=Mount Morgan: Its Catholic Life |newspaper=The Catholic Press |location=Sydney |date=1 August 1907 |accessdate=19 October 2015 |page=40 |via=National Library of Australia}}
  • [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-mount-morgan-sh1-1972.jpg Town map of Mount Morgan (north), 1972]
  • [https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-mount-morgan-sh2-1973.jpg Town map of Mount Morgan (south), 1973]
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