Argyll, Queensland

Argyll is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.^[3] In the 2021 census, Argyll had a population of 25 people.^[1]

Argyll Queensland
Tomahawk Creek Huts: The Lodge, 2011
Argyll
Coordinates	23.2691°S 147.5244°E / -23.2691; 147.5244 (Argyll (centre of locality))
Population	25 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	0.0397/km2 (0.1029/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4721
Area	629.1 km2 (242.9 sq mi)[2]
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	57.9 km (36 mi) SW of Capella 68.3 km (42 mi) S of Clermont 76.6 km (48 mi) NW of Emerald 347 km (216 mi) W of Rockhampton 906 km (563 mi) NW of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Central Highlands Region
State electorate(s)	Gregory
Federal division(s)	Flynn
Suburbs around Argyll: Peak Vale Theresa Creek Theresa Creek Peak Vale Argyll Carbine Creek Peak Vale Willows Rubyvale

Geography

The Clermont Rubyvale Road enters the locality from the north-east (Theresa Creek) and exits to the south-east (Rubyvale).^[4]

Tomahawk Creek rises in Peak Vale to the south-west which follows into the south-west of the locality and then north through the locality, exiting to the north (the locality of Theresa Creek).^[5]

Argyll has a number of mountains (from north to south):

• Mount Observatory (23.1481°S 147.4243°E / -23.1481; 147.4243 (Mount Observatory)) 435 metres (1,427 ft)^[6][7]
• Bald Hills (23.2035°S 147.5096°E / -23.2035; 147.5096 (Bald Hills)) 380 metres (1,250 ft)^[6][8]
• Chinaman Peak (23.2174°S 147.2988°E / -23.2174; 147.2988 (Chinaman Peak)) 539 metres (1,768 ft)^[6][9]
• Double Point (23.2372°S 147.5328°E / -23.2372; 147.5328 (Double Point)) 392 metres (1,286 ft)^[6][10]
• Black Mountain (23.2405°S 147.5744°E / -23.2405; 147.5744 (Black Mountain)) 417 metres (1,368 ft)^[6][11]
• Mount Mica (23.2810°S 147.5320°E / -23.2810; 147.5320 (Mount Mica)) 442 metres (1,450 ft)^[6][12]
• Pigeon Peak (23.2812°S 147.6229°E / -23.2812; 147.6229 (Pigeon Peak)) 360 metres (1,180 ft)^[6][13]
• Mount Dumb Bell (23.2893°S 147.5820°E / -23.2893; 147.5820 (Mount Dumb Bell)) 419 metres (1,375 ft)^[6][14]
• Mount Zig Zag (23.3135°S 147.3395°E / -23.3135; 147.3395 (Mount Zig Zag)) 540 metres (1,770 ft)^[6][15]
• Mount Ball (23.3208°S 147.6598°E / -23.3208; 147.6598 (Mount Ball)) 464 metres (1,522 ft)^[6][16]
• Mount Newsome (23.3646°S 147.4733°E / -23.3646; 147.4733 (Mount Newsome)) 460 metres (1,510 ft)^[6][17]
• Mount Hoy (23.3871°S 147.4196°E / -23.3871; 147.4196 (Mount Hoy)) 500 metres (1,600 ft)^[6][18]
• Mount Point (23.3971°S 147.4103°E / -23.3971; 147.4103 (Mount Point)) 540 metres (1,770 ft)^[6][19]
• Mount Tabletop (23.4646°S 147.2729°E / -23.4646; 147.2729 (Mount Tabletop)) 520 metres (1,710 ft)^[6][20]

The land use is grazing on native vegetation.^[21]

History

On 17 May 2019, the Queensland Government decided to discontinue the locality of Mistake Creek and absorb its land into the neighbouring localities of Clermont, Laglan, Frankfield and Peak Vale and to extend Peak Vale into the Central Highlands Region by altering the boundaries of Argyll.^{[22][23][24][2]}

On 17 April 2020, the Queensland Government re-drew the boundaries of localities within the Central Highlands Region by replacing the locality of The Gemfields with three new localities of Rubyvale, Sapphire Central and Anakie Siding (around the towns of Rubyvale, Sapphire, and Anakie respectively). This included adjusting the boundaries of other existing localities in the Region to accommodate these changes; Argyll lost its south-eastern corner to become the northern part of the new Rubyvale and the north-eastern part of the new Sapphire Central.^[25][26][27]

Demographics

At the 2016 census, Argyll had a population of 31 people.^[28]

At the 2021 census, Argyll had a population of 25 people.^[1]

Heritage listings

Tomahawk Creek Huts is a heritage-listed site in Argyll (23.3659°S 147.4412°E / -23.3659; 147.4412 (Tomahawk Creek Huts)).^[29]

Education

There are no schools in Argyll. The nearest government primary schools are Clermont State School in Clermont and Anakie State School in Anakie Siding to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Clermont State High School in Clermont and Capella State High School in Capella to the north-east. However, students in some parts of Argyll would be too distant to attend these schools; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.^[30]