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°ECoordinates: 27°46′17″S 152°29′47″E / 27.77139°S 152.49639°E
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. 1.0 1.1 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.