Mantuan Downs Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 24°32′50″S 146°57′53″E / 24.5472°S 146.9647°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 31 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.01285/km2 (0.0333/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4722 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 2,412.6 km2 (931.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Central Highlands Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gregory | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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Mantuan Downs is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Mantuan Downs had a population of 31 people.[1]
Claude River rises in the north-west of the locality (24°25′16″S 146°40′41″E / 24.4211°S 146.6781°E) and flows in an easterly direction. The Nogao River enters the locality from Carnarvon Park to the south (24°47′11″S 147°12′48″E / 24.7865°S 147.2134°E) and flows northeasterly briefly forming part of the locality's eastern boundary before its confluence with the Claude River (its tributary) on the boundary (24°24′32″S 147°18′22″E / 24.4090°S 147.3060°E), after which the Nogoa River exits to Nandowrie to the east.[3]
The locality has the following ranges:
and the following mountains and valleys:
The Dawson Developmental Road enters the locality from Nandowrie in the east and continues west, exiting to Windeyer in the west.[3]
The locality presumably takes its name from the Mantuan Downs pastoral property established by Thomas Mitchell.[11] Mitchell explored and named the area in July 1846.[12]
In the 2016 census Mantuan Downs had a population of 31 people.[1]
In January 2020 the North Australian Pastoral Company announced it was purchasing Mantuan Downs, a large-scale cattle breeding and finishing property in Central Queensland. The 134,000-hectare (330,000-acre) property consists of two pastoral leases, known as Mantuan Downs and Castlevale as well as the freehold Semper Idem.[13]
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:[14]
There are a number of airstrips in the locality:
There are no schools in Mantuan Downs. The nearest primary school is Tresswell State School in Nandowrie,[3] but it has been temporarily closed since 1 February 2020.[16] There are no other nearby primary schools. There are no nearby secondary schools.[3] The options are distance education and boarding schools.