Mount Charlton

History

Mount Charlton State School opened on 4 March 1931. It was mothballed on 31 December 2009 and closed on 31 December 2010. It was at 2342 Mirani-Mount Ossa Road (). The school's website was archived. As at September 2022, the school building is still extant. About south-west of Mount Ossa in is the site of the former settlement of Silent Grove. The Silent Grove Provisional School opened on 29 August 1928. On 3 February 1936 the Silent Grove Upper State School opened. In 1938, the Silent Grove Provisional School closed, being replaced by the Mount Ossa State School in neighbouring Mount Ossa. The Silent Grove Upper State School closed about 1964. Silent Grove Upper State School was at 2948 Mirani-Mount Ossa Road ().

Geography

The Mirani - Mount Ossa Road enters the locality from the south (Dows Creek) and exits to the east (Mount Ossa). There are two neighbourhoods in the locality: * Camerons Pocket in the north of the locality () * Kungurri in the far south of the locality () The locality has the following mountains (from north to south): * Crazy Cat Mountain () * Mount Charlton () * The Pinnacle () and the following passes (from north to south): * Camerons Gap () * St Helens Gap () There are a number of protected areas within the locality: * Cathu State Forest in the northern tip of the locality * a section of the Eungella National Park in the north of the locality * St Helens Gap Conservation Park in the west of the locality * part of the Bluff Hill National Park in the south-east of the locality (extending into neighbouring Dows Creek to the south) * Bluff Hill State Forest in the south of the locality. Apart from the protected areas, the land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and crop growing (predominantly sugarcane).

Most-observed species

• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  1,472
• Bar-shouldered Dove

  Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
  1,303
• Peaceful Dove

  Geopelia placida Gould, 1844 · Aves
  1,044
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

  Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  1,001
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  987
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  978
• Eastern Yellow Robin

  Eopsaltria australis (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  944
• Eastern Whipbird

  Psophodes olivaceus (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  877