Mount Maria is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Mount Maria had a population of 225 people.

Geography

Baffle Creek forms the south-western boundary and the south-eastern and eastern boundary (but not the southern boundary). Euleilah Creek forms the north-west boundary of the locality; it later becomes a tributary of Baffle Creek. Grants Island is island in Baffle Creek which is within the Mount Maria loality (). The mountain Mount Maria is in the south of the locality () and rises to above sea level. It presumably gives its name to the locality. Tablelands Road enters the locality from the south (

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) and exits to the north (

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); it is the main road through the locality. The land use is predominantly

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on native vegetation.

Demographics

In the , Mount Maria had a population of 193 people. In the , Mount Maria had a population of 225 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Maria. The nearest government primary schools are Lowmead State School in neighbouring

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to the west, Rosedale State School in neighbouring Rosedale to the south-east, and Wartburg State School in Baffle Creek to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Rosedale State School (to Year 12).

References

{{Gladstone Region Gladstone Region Localities in Queensland