Gowrie Mountain

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain which, in turn, took its name from a corrupted Aboriginal word cowarie, which probably referred to Gowrie Creek, but which also referred to the freshwater mussel. becoming Gowrie Mountain State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1967. It was on a site at 95 Gowrie Mountain School Road (), now within the present-day locality of Kingsthorpe.

Geography

The Warrego Highway forms the northern boundary of the locality while Dry Creek forms the southern boundary. The lower of the two peaks of Gowrie Mountain (630 metres above sea level) is in the far east of the locality while the higher peak (674 metres above sea level) is in the neighbouring locality of Charlton.

Most-observed species

• Noisy Miner

  Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  4,703
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  4,278
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  3,585
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  3,578
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  3,486
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  3,403
• Pale-headed Rosella

  Platycercus adscitus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  3,285
• Pied Currawong

  Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  3,261