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40-474: Download coordinates as: Mount Garnet is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , the locality of Mount Garnet had a population of 532 people. Various small communities populate the area around Mount Garnet. These include Tableland Tin, Innot Hot Springs , Silver Valley and Battle Creek. Mount Garnet is at the south-western edge of

80-645: A population of 458 people. In the 2011 census , the locality of Mount Garnet had a population of 433 people. In the 2016 census , the locality of Mount Garnet had a population of 430 people. In the 2021 census , the locality of Mount Garnet had a population of 532 people. The Mount Garnet area has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Mount Garnet State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at Garnet Street ( 17°40′49″S 145°07′17″E  /  17.6802°S 145.1215°E  / -17.6802; 145.1215  ( Mount Garnet State School ) ). Mount Garnet State School

120-718: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In

160-519: A rather shaky construction period and it was not until 11 January 1904 that the line was ready as far as a flood-damaged Return Creek bridge, across that creek from the town. It took another eleven years before trains could officially negotiate the bridge to the Mount Garnet station. The line was taken over by the Government from 23 December 1914. It closed on 1 July 1961. During the life of

200-490: A rich brown with Gothic windows and fascias picked out in white. There were white crosses on the roof and the high point of the porch. There was a church bell. The builder in Mount Garnet was Moss Collins. In 2000 the original copper mine was reopened with copper, zinc, lead, and silver being processed by Kagara Limited. In 2012 Kagara Limited went into administration and was bought out in 2013 by Snow Peak Mining Pty Ltd, an Australian company with strong Chinese shareholding, with

240-532: A water supply to the township. Fresh water is continually pumped from the Herbert River into Warruma, then pumped out of there into holding tanks for the town supply. Mining isn't the only industry at Mount Garnet, some of the best cattle producing properties are in the district. Crops of mangoes, corn and other crops are grown on the nearby Herbert River. Blencoe Falls on the Herbert River can be accessed from many of these cattle properties. Mount Garnet has

280-570: Is Ravenshoe State School (to Year 12) in Ravenshoe to the east. However, the travel time to Ravenshoe from the north and west of the locality may be unrealistic; other options would be distance education and boarding school. A railway was authorised to be built from Lappa , on the then Chillagoe Railway and Mines Company 's line, to Mount Garnet by the Mount Garnet Freehold Mining Company in 1897. It suffered

320-442: Is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at Garnet Street ( 17°40′49″S 145°07′17″E  /  17.6802°S 145.1215°E  / -17.6802; 145.1215  ( Mount Garnet State School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 44 students with 4 teachers and 6 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Mount Garnet. The nearest government secondary school

360-683: Is a very nice drive. Culverts along the track were remarkably made by stonemasons and still stand with many still serving their purpose by channelling water through to creeks and gullies. Today, the transport comes in the form of semi's and trucks. Being the "Gateway to the Coast" and "Gateway to the Gulf", this section of the Kennedy Highway is quite busy, particularly when the Bruce Highway is closed from flooding. The Mount Garnet branch of

400-467: Is at 24 Garnet Street ( 17°40′39″S 145°06′58″E  /  17.677527°S 145.116°E  / -17.677527; 145.116  ( St David's Anglican Church ) ). There are a number of community facilities: Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality

440-402: Is identified by its PIN. Post offices coming under Department of Posts, Ministry of Communication, Government of India have a history of one hundred fifty years. Private courier and delivery services often have offices as well, although these are usually not called "post offices", except in the case of Germany , which has fully privatised its national postal system . As abbreviation PO

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480-464: Is instead known as a sorting office or delivery office, which may have a large central area known as a sorting or postal hall. Integrated facilities combining mail processing with railway stations or airports are known as mail exchanges. In India , post offices are found in almost every village having panchayat (a "village council"), towns, cities, and throughout the geographical area of India. India's postal system changed its name to India Post after

520-484: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Receiving office Before the advent of postal codes and the post office, postal systems would route items to a specific post office for receipt or delivery. During

560-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to

600-433: Is used, together with GPO for General Post Office and LPO for Licensed Post Office. There is evidence of corps of royal couriers disseminating the decrees of Egyptian pharaohs as early as 2400   BCE, and it is possible that the service greatly precedes that date. Similarly, there may be ancient organised systems of post houses providing mounted courier service, although sources vary as to precisely who initiated

640-598: The Atherton Tableland and on the Kennedy Highway . Mount Garnet is about a three-hour drive from Cairns . Mount Garnet is 161 kilometres (100 mi) south-west of Cairns via the Bruce Highway , Gillies Range Road , Lake Barrine Road, State Route 25 , State Route 24 and the Kennedy Highway . From further west it can be accessed via the Kennedy Highway. The town of Mount Garnet is in

680-552: The Holy Roman Empire . The British Postal Museum claims that the oldest functioning post office in the world is on High Street in Sanquhar , Scotland . The post office has functioned continuously since 1712, during which horses and stagecoaches were used to carry mail. Rural parts of Canada in the 19th century utilised the way office system. Villagers could leave their letters at the way office which were then taken to

720-728: The Queensland Country Women's Association meets at QCWA Hall at 16 Garnet Street. Holy Rosary Catholic Church is at 3 Opal Street ( 17°40′25″S 145°06′50″E  /  17.673485°S 145.114°E  / -17.673485; 145.114  ( Holy Rosary Catholic Church ) ). It is within the Ravenshoe Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns which is administered from the Malanda Parish. St David's Anglican Church

760-951: The 19th century in the United States , this often led to smaller communities being renamed after their post offices, particularly after the Post Office Department began to require that post office names not be duplicated within a state . The term "post-office" has been in use since the 1650s, shortly after the legalisation of private mail services in England in 1635. In early modern England, post riders — mounted couriers —were placed, or "posted", every few hours along post roads at posting houses (also known as post houses) between major cities, or " post towns ". These stables or inns permitted important correspondence to travel without delay. In early America, post offices were also known as stations. This term, as well as

800-477: The 2000 A.D., post offices would collect fees for radio licenses, recruitment for government jobs, and the operation of public call telephone (PCO) booths. Postmen would deliver letters, money orders, and parcels to places that are within the assigned area of a particular post office. Each Indian post office is assigned a unique six-digit code called the Postal Index Number , or PIN. Each post office

840-840: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been

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880-580: The advent of private courier companies in the 1990s. It is run by the Indian government's Department of Posts. India Post accepts and delivers inland letters, postcards, parcels, postal stamps, and money orders (money transfers). Few post offices in India offer speed post (fast delivery) and payments or bank savings services. It is also uncommon for Indian post offices to sell insurance policies or accept payment for electricity, landline telephone, or gas bills. Until

920-525: The area, including tin , copper, zinc and garnet . Garnet Hill is situated a few hundred metres from the state school, was a main vein of tin and garnet in the late 19th century. Open mine shafts still litter the hill only covered with sheets of tin. In 1882, Albert Vollenweider discovered copper (and garnet) in the area formerly known as Mullaburra Station. He mined the copper in a small-scale operation but he later sold his lease to John Moffat in 1898. By 1899 Mt Garnet Freehold Copper and Silver Mining Company

960-673: The corner block of a new Anglican church. St David's Anglican Church was built in 1938 from timber. Bishop Feetham returned in November 1938 to officially open and dedicate the church. In 1938, land was donated to the people of Mount Garnet to use as a sports reserve. A grand racecourse was built. It and rodeo grounds were used by the troops for R & R during training in WW2. Soldiers volunteered their help with any construction needed. In return cattle station owners provided horses and bulls for their entertainment with races and rodeo. Passby parades of

1000-402: The east of the locality. Nymbool is a neighbourhood within the west of locality ( 17°37′59″S 145°01′59″E  /  17.633°S 145.033°E  / -17.633; 145.033  ( Nymbool (neighbourhood) ) ). Although historically part of neighbouring Silver Valley , the now-abandoned township of Coolgarra is just within the boundaries of Mount Garnet in the north-east of

1040-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which

1080-636: The following mountains (from north to south): Mount Garnet is situated on the traditional lands of the Mbarbaram peoples. Warungu (also known as Warrungu , Warrongo , and Waroongoo ) is an Australian Aboriginal language in North Queensland . The language region includes areas from the Upper Herbert River to Mount Garnet. Mount Garnet was built as a mining community in the 19th century and several minerals can be found in

1120-482: The important mineral for the town. In 1928, a coal-fired dredge was built but didn't prove to be so successful losing more ore it retrieved. Eventually it sank in a flood. It was later refloated and adapted but eventually abandoned. In 1938 Tableland Tin Dredging N.L. established a new electrically driven dredge, Nanyeta, later to be replaced by Nanyeta II. By the early 1950s another dredge owned by Ravenshoe Tin Dredging

1160-399: The locality ( 17°34′28″S 145°11′51″E  /  17.57434°S 145.19751°E  / -17.57434; 145.19751  ( Coolgarra (former township) ) ). Not far from the base of Garnet Hill on the south east side is Warruma Swamp. This wetland is home to many variety of birds. Originally Warruma was a swamp and boasted a water source that never ran dry. Now it is used for

1200-511: The mine being operated by Consolidated Tin Mines. They will eventually process tin. Another tin mining company, Mount Garnet Tin Resources (MGT), has a tin processing plant, Mount Veteran. This plant was built in 1980 and had been used intermittently until the recent resurgence in the tin price. MGT purchased it and are processing high grade tin. In the 2006 census , the town of Mount Garnet had

1240-499: The nearest post office, as well as pick up their mail from the way office. In parts of Europe, special postal censorship offices existed to intercept and censor mail. In France, such offices were known as cabinets noirs . In many jurisdictions, mailboxes and post office boxes have long been in widespread use for drop-off and pickup (respectively) of mail and small packages outside post offices or when offices are closed. Germany's national postage system Deutsche Post introduced

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1280-602: The other providing sturdy oxen for bulk shipments. The Byzantine historian Procopius , though not unbiased, records the Cursus Publicus system remained largely intact until it was dismantled in the Byzantine empire by the emperor Justinian in the 6th century. The Princely House of Thurn and Taxis family initiated regular mail service from Brussels in the 16th century , directing the Imperial Post of

1320-1136: The practice. In the Persian Empire , a Chapar Khaneh system existed along the Royal Road . Similar postage systems were established in India and China by the Mauryan and Han dynasties in the 2nd century BCE. The Roman historian Suetonius credited Augustus with regularising the Roman transportation and courier network, the Cursus Publicus . Local officials were obliged to provide couriers who would be responsible for their message's entire course. Locally maintained post houses ( Latin : stationes ) privately owned rest houses ( Latin : mansiones ) and were obliged or honored to care for couriers along their way. The Roman emperor Diocletian later established two parallel systems: one providing fresh horses or mules for urgent correspondence and

1360-485: The railway, minerals, timber, cattle and crops were moved to coastal ports and goods, mining machinery were brought in. The railway bridge at Mount Garnet, which ceased being used in 1961, was demolished by the big flood of 1967. The remains can still be seen in Return Creek. The rail track was lifted in 1961 and is now used as a vehicle road to Lappa Lappa Junction. This road is only negotiable by four wheel drives but

1400-438: The term "post house", fell from use as horse and coach services were replaced by railways , aircraft , and automobiles . The term "post office" usually refers to government postal facilities providing customer service. " General Post Office " is sometimes used for the national headquarters of a postal service, even if the building does not provide customer service. A postal facility that is used exclusively for processing mail

1440-574: The troops were held there when General Blamey came to inspect the troops. This reserve now boasts a first class rodeo ground, racecourse and golf club, the greens being inside the racetrack, and permanent camps. These camps are controlled by trustees (Trustees of the LD Lucy Memorial Park). 2013 is the 75th year that the races have been run. In June 1939, tenders were called to relocate the Catholic church at Mungana to Mount Garnet. It

1480-597: Was a timber structure with an exposed stud frame. The church began to be pulled down in July 1939 and was then transported to Mount Garnet by train. On Sunday 1 October 1939, the Holy Rosary Catholic Church was officially opened and dedicated by Bishop John Heavey as part of a weekend of celebrations. The new church was built in the Gothic style with a high-pitched red gable roof. The walls were painted

1520-430: Was built in 1902. It was built from timber at a cost of £100. It could seat 90 people. In 1977, it became Mount Garnet Uniting Church. It is now closed. It was at 3 Silver Street ( 17°40′32″S 145°06′40″E  /  17.675468°S 145.1112°E  / -17.675468; 145.1112  ( Mount Garnet Methodist Church (former) ) ). Nymbool Provisional School opened in 1905 and closed in 1930. Tin became

1560-442: Was in operation. Tin carried the town until 1986 when the price dropped forcing many families to move away. In the 1930s, several cattle stations were established within the community as well as farms that grew many crops, including tobacco , potatoes , corn and peanuts . Various mining operations, as well as lime production, are in operation today just outside the town. On Sunday 14 November 1937, Bishop John Feetham laid

1600-702: Was producing high grade copper oxide. The township was surveyed and buildings sprang up making the township the second-largest inland town (Charters Towers being the largest). By 1906 the company was in financial difficulty and closed. People were moving away for work, buildings were being moved to other mining towns until the mining of the rich veins of tin, which was first discovered in 1901, started to take off. The town began to flourish again. Mount Garnet Post Office opened on 25 July 1899 (a receiving office had been open from 1897). Mount Garnett Provisional School opened on 22 January 1901. Around 1901–1902, it became Mount Garnett State School. Mount Garnet Methodist Church

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