| State | qld |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 25.1622°S 147.8661°E |
| Zoom | 8 |
| Pop | 14 |
| Postcode | 4465[1] |
| Area | 2120.0 |
| Time zone | AEST |
| Utc | +10:00 |
| Dist 1 | 146 |
| Dir 1 | NNW |
| Location 1 | Injune |
| Dist 2 | 285 |
| Dir 2 | NNW |
| Location 2 | Roma |
| Dist 3 | 587 |
| Dir 3 | NW |
| Location 3 | Toowoomba |
| Dist 4 | 714 |
| Dir 4 | NW |
| Location 4 | Brisbane |
| Lga | Maranoa Region |
| Stategov | Warrego |
| Fedgov | Maranoa |
| Near-n | Carnarvon Park |
| Near-ne | Rewan |
| Near-e | Carnarvon Park |
| Near-se | Mount Howe |
| Near-s | Womblebank |
| Near-sw | Upper Warrego |
| Near-w | Upper Warrego |
| Near-nw | Upper Warrego |
Mount Moffatt is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the , Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people.[3]
Mount Moffatt's postcode is 4465.[1]
Geography
The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Chesterton Range, to the north and north-east by the Great Dividing Range, and to the east by the Merivale River. The locality is within the Murray-Darling basin.[4]
The terrain is quite mountainous with the following named features (from north to south);
- Mount Rugged (24.9°S 147.9985°E) 1,130 metres (3,710 ft)[5][6]
- Gee Gee Gap (24.9198°S 147.8955°E)[5]
- Mount Campbell (25.0066°S 147.7939°E) 949 metres (3,114 ft)[5][7]
- Mount Moffatt (25.0578°S 148.0442°E) 1,097 metres (3,599 ft)[5][8]
- The Observatory (25.068°S 147.9832°E)[5][9]
- Rough Mountain (25.0963°S 147.8055°E)[5][10]
- Mount Macleay (25.1229°S 147.9751°E) 870 metres (2,850 ft)[5][11]
- Mount Judy (25.1607°S 147.7502°E) 833 metres (2,733 ft)[5][12]
- Mount Misery (25.2173°S 147.7148°E) 903 metres (2,963 ft)[5][13]
- Mount Clift (25.2822°S 147.64°E) 842 metres (2,762 ft)[5][14]
- Mount Ogilby (25.2863°S 147.91°E) 984 metres (3,228 ft)[5][15]
- Ogilby Knob (25.2987°S 147.898°E)[5][16]
- Mount Eddystone (25.3021°S 147.8297°E) 890 metres (2,920 ft)[5][17]
The Maranoa River rises in the locality with the west branch rising in the north of the locality (24.94185°S 148.03174°E) and the east branch rising in the north-east of the locality (25.02058°S 148.0904°E). The two branches of the river flow south with their confluence in the south of the locality (25.28844°S 147.76686°E).[18]
There are a number of protected areas within the locality:[19]
- part of the Carnarvon National Park is in the north of the locality
- the McLeay State Forest is in the east of the locality
- the Forfar State Forest is in the south-east of the locality
- part of the Attica State Forest is in the south-west of the locality
Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation.[19]
History
The locality was initially called Mount Moffat, but changed to Mount Moffatt on 18 October 2002. It is presumably named after the mountain Mount Moffatt within the locality.[2][8]
Demographics
In the , Mount Moffatt had "no people or a very low population".[20]
In the , Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people.[3]
Education
There are no schools in Mount Moffatt nor nearby. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[21]
References
- ^ "Mount Moffatt". Australia Post. Archived 2 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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- ^ "Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses; Drainage boundaries". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived 25 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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- ^ "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
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- ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived 19 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 December 2023.