Mount Rascal, Queensland
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 393 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 54.6/km2 (141.4/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4350 | ||||||||||||
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Mount Rascal is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Rascal had a population of 393 people.[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]The locality is 12 kilometres (7 mi) from the Toowoomba central business district.
The mountain Mount Rascal is in the west of the locality (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.) with a peak of 734 metres (2,408 ft).[3]
History
[edit | edit source]The locality was named during the early stages of colonisation in the region, with white pastoralists calling the Aboriginal people who defended the mountain "black rascals" for their armed resistance.[4][page needed] In 1841, a stockman named John Hill who worked at the nearby Eton Vale estate was speared at Mount Rascal, later dying from his wounds.[5]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]In the 2016 census, Mount Rascal had a population of 462 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, Mount Rascal had a population of 393 people.[1]
Education
[edit | edit source]There are no schools in Mount Rascal. The nearest government primary schools are in Drayton and Vale View. The nearest government secondary schools are in Harristown and Centenary Heights.[7]
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