Mount Forbes, Queensland
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| Mount Forbes City of Ipswich, Queensland |
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Opening of the Mount Forbes Methodist Church, ca. 1911
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 Mount Forbes
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| Postcode(s) | 4340 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Ipswich Scenic Rim Region |
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| State electorate(s) | Beaudesert Lockyer |
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| Federal Division(s) | Wright Blair |
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Mount Forbes is a locality in south-east Queensland, Australia. It is split between the local government areas of City of Ipswich and Scenic Rim Region.[1][2]
Mount Forbes was formerly the name of nearby Mount Walker, Queensland.[3] Mount Forbes Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 (a receiving office had been open from 1897) and closed in 1953.[4]
History
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Francis Forbes
John Oxley chose the name Mount Forbes in 1824, after Sir Francis Forbes (1784-1841) the then Chief Justice of New South Wales.[3]
