Type: | suburb |
Mount Surround | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -19.5367°N 147.0458°W |
Pop: | 130 |
Postcode: | 4809 |
Area: | 36.3 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 5.6 |
Dir1: | W |
Location1: | Giru |
Dist2: | 39.8 |
Dir2: | WNW |
Location2: | Ayr |
Dist3: | 48.4 |
Dir3: | SE |
Location3: | Townsville |
Dist4: | 1312 |
Dir4: | NNW |
Location4: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Shire of Burdekin |
Stategov: | Burdekin |
Fedgov: | Dawson |
Near-N: | Cromarty |
Near-Ne: | Giru |
Near-E: | Shirbourne |
Near-Se: | Majors Creek |
Near-S: | Majors Creek |
Near-Sw: | Mount Elliot |
Near-W: | Mount Elliot |
Near-Nw: | Mount Elliot |
Mount Surround is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Mount Surround had a population of 130 people.
The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south-east (Shirbourne) and exits to the north (Cromarty).[2]
The North Coast railway line forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality, entering from the north-east (Giru) and exiting to the north (Cromarty); no railway stations serve the locality.
The land use is a mixture of crop growing (predominantly sugarcane) and grazing on native vegetation with some rural residential housing.[3]
Mount Surround State School opened 1 April 1932 and closed 3 May 1968. It was on the northern corner of Reed Beds Road and Piralko Road (approx).[4] [5] [6]
In the, Mount Surround had a population of 145 people.
In the, Mount Surround had a population of 130 people.
There are no schools in Mount Surround. The nearest government primary school is Giru State School in neighbouring Giru to the north-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Ayr State High School in Ayr and William Ross State High School in Annandale, Townsville.[7]