Mount Perry

History

Gureng Gureng (also known as Gooreng Gooreng, Goreng Goreng, Goeng, Gurang, Goorang Goorang, Korenggoreng) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gureng Gureng people. The Gooreng Gooreng language region includes the towns of Bundaberg, Gin Gin and Miriam Vale extending south towards Childers, inland to Monto and Mt Perry. The locality takes its name from Mount Perry pastoral run which was named in 1857. Originally there were two private towns known as Fife-Barnett and the town of Tenningering. Tenningering was renamed Mount Perry on 14 January 1915. A railway to the coast was essential to provide cheap transport and make the mining of low percentage ore viable. Maryborough and Bundaberg vied for the opportunity to be the terminus and the latter city was successful. The first section of the Mount Perry railway line from North Bundaberg railway station (originally called Bundaberg station) to Moolboolaman opened on 19 July 1881. Mount Perry Provisional School opened on 7 October 1871 in a "crude bark humpy" with 36 students under teacher Archibald Douglas of Gayndah. It became Mount Perry State School on 9 February 1874. In September 1954, a new school building opened on the school's current site. Mount Perry Post Office opened on 26 July 1871. It was known as Tenningering between 1882 and 1884. Mount Perry Wesleyan Methodist Church opened on Sunday 21 July 1872. It was built from timber at a cost of £220. It could seat 120 people. In 1919, it was relocated to become the Methodist Church in Woowoonga. In 1939, it was relocated to Biggenden to be used as the Methodist church hall. St Patrick's Catholic Church was built in 1873. A Catholic day school opened at the church under teacher Miss Bertheau. A second St Patrick's Church was built in 1904 from…

Geography

The Perry Fault, a major regional strike-slip structure in South East Queensland is in the New England Orogenic Belt. Mount Perry is about northwest of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, and about west of Bundaberg. The town is nestled in a valley near Mount Perry, the area's highest mountain. The Normanby Lookout is located on Normanby Range Road off Towns Creek Road from the Gin Gin-Mount Perry Road and offers views of the Mount Perry Township and the surrounding countryside. Schuh’s Lookout is on Schuhs Lookout Road off the Monto-Mount Perry Road at the top of the range, offering views south of Mount Perry.

Most-observed species

• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  27
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  25
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  22
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  20
• Striated Pardalote

  Pardalotus striatus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  18
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  17
• Australasian Figbird

  Sphecotheres vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  17
• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  16

Most recent

• M 4.9 — 2015-02-15
  42 km N of Mundubbera, Australia
• M 4.4 — 2004-01-16
  27 km SE of Monto, Australia