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Mount Beppo
Somerset Region, Queensland
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Apostolic Church, Mount Beppo, 2005
Mount Beppo is located in Queensland
Mount Beppo
Mount Beppo
Location in Queensland
Population 216 (2016 census)
 • Density 4.372/km2 (11.32/sq mi)
Established early 1880s
Postcode(s) 4313
Area 49.4 km2 (19.1 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Blair
Suburbs around Mount Beppo:
Toogoolawah Cressbrook Cressbrook
Toogoolawah Mount Beppo Cooeeimbardi
Ottaba Coal Creek Caboonbah

Mount Beppo is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Mount Beppo had a population of 216 people.

History

The district takes its name from the neighbouring mountain, whose name in turn is believed to be derived from the Yuggera word bippo meaning mountain. However, as Yuggera is not a local indigenous language, it may have been Europeans who introduced the name.

The district was first settled in the early 1880s; the Granzein and Soden families were among the early pioneers.

Mount Beppo State School opened on 4 September 1893. The chairman of the school was Henry Plantagenet Somerset. In 1929 the school had about 80 pupils. The school closed on 31 December 1972.

By 1929, there were two churches at Mount Beppo, the Lutheran church and the Apostolic church, both with associated cemeteries.

The Lutheran Church was opened on 12 August 1888. It was extended and re-dedicated in 1930.

The first Apostolic Church services were held in 1883 in the home of Mr C. Meyer and the church building was constructed about 1889, but in 1911 the building was relocated higher up the hill and extended. Further extensions occurred at part of the golden jubilee celebrations in 1934. In 2014, only the Apostolic Church remains, but both cemeteries still exist.

The town was known for its brass band, which was established in 1898 and celebrated its golden jubilee in 1949.

Mount Beppo public hall
Mount Beppo public hall

A public hall was opened at Mount Beppo on 15 March 1930 by Henry Plantagenet Somerset, former Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district, with the then current Member, Ernest Grimstone, in attendance.


Education

There are no schools in Mount Beppo. The nearest primary school is Toogoolawah State School in neighbouring Toogoolawah to the north-west. The nearest secondary school is Toogoolawah State High School also in Toogoolawah.

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