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Looking across the farmland to Mount Barney, 2013
Mount Barney Location in Queensland
Population	46 (2021 census)
• Density	0.556/km2 (1.44/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4287
Area	82.7 km2 (31.9 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s)	Scenic Rim
Federal Division(s)	Wright
Suburbs around Mount Barney: Maroon Barney View Barney View Burnett Creek Mount Barney Palen Creek Lindesay Creek Dairy Flat Mount Lindesay

Mount Barney is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mount Barney had a population of 46 people.

The locality borders New South Wales.

Geography

Track on farmland at the foot of Mount Barney, circa 1952

The locality takes its name from the mountain of the same name which occupies most of the western side of the locality, is part of the Mount Barney National Park and is undeveloped bushland. Farm land lies in a valley of the Logan River in the eastern part of the locality which separates the mountain Mount Barney from Mount Gillies in the very east of the locality. There are crops and grazing in the valley.

History

Mount Barney State School children with teacher Miss Bedelia Brennan, 1901

The Thulumbah Provisional School opened in 1901 and became Thulumbah State School on 1 January 1909. In 1916 it was renamed Mount Barney State School. The school closed in 1962. It was located on a bend in the Mount Barney Road (28°14′28″S 152°45′54″E / 28.2412°S 152.7651°E / -28.2412; 152.7651 (Mount Barney State School (former))).

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Mount Barney had a population of 22 people. The locality contains 23 households, in which 50.0% of the population are males and 50.0% of the population are females with a median age of 31, 7 years below the national average. The average weekly household income is $0, $1,438 below the national average.

In the 2021 census, Mount Barney had a population of 46 people.