Mount Moffatt
suburb
Stateqld
Coordinates25.1622°S 147.8661°E
Zoom8
Pop14
Postcode4465[1]
Area2120.0
Time zoneAEST
Utc+10:00
Dist 1146
Dir 1NNW
Location 1Injune
Dist 2285
Dir 2NNW
Location 2Roma
Dist 3587
Dir 3NW
Location 3Toowoomba
Dist 4714
Dir 4NW
Location 4Brisbane
LgaMaranoa Region
StategovWarrego
FedgovMaranoa
Near-nCarnarvon Park
Near-neRewan
Near-eCarnarvon Park
Near-seMount Howe
Near-sWomblebank
Near-swUpper Warrego
Near-wUpper Warrego
Near-nwUpper 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);

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

  1. ^ "Mount Moffatt". Australia Post. Archived 2 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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  4. ^ "Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses; Drainage boundaries". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  9. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  11. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  12. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  13. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  14. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  15. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  16. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  17. ^ Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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  19. ^ "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
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  21. ^ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived 19 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 December 2023.