Mount Cotton, Queensland
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Mount Cotton is a suburb located south-east of Brisbane
, Queensland
, Australia
in the Redland City local government area.
Mount Cotton is named for the mountain that is in the area. It was named by Robert Dixon
, a surveyor in the colony of Queensland. He named it after the commandant of the penal settlement of Moreton Bay, Major Sydney Cotton
. Until the Shire of Tingalpa
was abolished in 1949, Mount Cotton hosted its council chambers.
Mount Cotton is a Koala
conservation
area.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in the Redland City local government area.
Mount Cotton is named for the mountain that is in the area. It was named by Robert Dixon
Robert Dixon (explorer)
Robert Dixon was an Australian surveyor and explorer, born in Darlington, England.-Arrival in Tasmania:Dixon arrived in Tasmania in May 1821 with his brother George...
, a surveyor in the colony of Queensland. He named it after the commandant of the penal settlement of Moreton Bay, Major Sydney Cotton
Sydney Cotton
Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney John Cotton GCB was a British Army officer.-Military career:He was the second son of Henry Calveley Cotton of Woodcote, Oxfordshire, England, and his wife Matilda, daughter and heiress of John Lockwood of Dews Hall, Essex.He joined the British Army in 1810 as a Cornet...
. Until the Shire of Tingalpa
Shire of Tingalpa
The Shire of Tingalpa was a Local Government Area in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland. The shire, administered from Mount Cotton, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949.-History:...
was abolished in 1949, Mount Cotton hosted its council chambers.
Mount Cotton is a Koala
Koala
The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae....
conservation
Conservation movement
The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including animal, fungus and plant species as well as their habitat for the future....
area.
External links
- University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Mount Cotton
- Mount Cotton History http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/999EE126-2E67-46CD-A5C3-C232DFA241B8/0/MtCotton.pdf
- Mount Cotton Timeline http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/Corp/Residents+Info/History/Our+suburbs/Mt+Cotton/Mt+Cotton+and+Sheldon+timeline.htm