Mount Rascal Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 27°37′55″S 151°55′04″E / 27.6319°S 151.9177°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 393 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 54.6/km2 (141.4/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4350 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Groom | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Rascal is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Rascal had a population of 393 people.[1]
The locality is 12 kilometres (7 mi) from the Toowoomba central business district.
The mountain Mount Rascal is in the west of the locality (27°35′38″S 152°37′08″E / 27.594°S 152.619°E) with a peak of 734 metres (2,408 ft).[3]
The locality was named during the early stages of colonisation in the region, with white pastoralists calling the Aboriginal people who defended the mountain "black rascals" for their armed resistance.[4][page needed] In 1841, a stockman named John Hill who worked at the nearby Eton Vale estate was speared at Mount Rascal, later dying from his wounds.[5]
In the 2016 census, Mount Rascal had a population of 462 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, Mount Rascal had a population of 393 people.[1]
There are no schools in Mount Rascal. The nearest primary schools are in Drayton and Vale View. The nearest secondary schools are in Harristown and Centenary Heights.[7]