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Mount Rascal, Queensland

Mount Rascal is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Rascal had a population of 393 people.

Geography

The locality is from the Toowoomba central business district.

The mountain Mount Rascal is in the west of the locality () with a peak of .

History

The locality was named during the early stages of colonisation in the region, with white pastoralists calling the Aboriginal people who defended the mountain "black rascals" for their armed resistance. In 1841, a stockman named John Hill who worked at the nearby Eton Vale estate was speared at Mount Rascal, later dying from his wounds.

Demographics

In the , Mount Rascal had a population of 462 people.

In the , Mount Rascal had a population of 393 people.

Education

There are no schools in Mount Rascal. The nearest government primary schools are Drayton State School in Drayton to the north-west and Vale View State School in neighbouring Vale View to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Harristown State High School in Harristown to the north.

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