Mount Whitestone, Queensland


Mount Whitestone is a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Mount Whitestone had a population of 154 people.

Geography

In the south elevations rise to around above sea level near Paradise Mountain. The summit of Mount Whitestone itself is centrally located and reaches. To the north of the peak Paradise Creek joins Ma Ma Creek. Both of these waterways drain valleys extending southwards on either side of Mount Whitestone.
The Gatton Clifton Road passes through from north to south-west. The Tenthill Conservation Park is in the east of the locality.

History

Mount Whitestone Provisional School was established on 22 March 1886. It became Mount Whitestone State School on 1 January 1909.
At the Mount Whitestone and surrounds recorded a population of 211.

Education

Mount Whitestone State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 1313 Gatton-Clifton Road. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 23 students with 3 teachers and 3 non-teaching staff.
There is no secondary school in Mount Whitestone, the nearest are Lockyer District State High School in Gatton andCentenary Heights State High School in Centenary Heights, Toowoomba.