![]() ![]() On Sunday 24 February 1865 St John's Catholic Chapel was opened by Bishop James Quinn. Riverside Pine Mountain Provisional School opened in late 1876 and closed on 1882. Pine Mountain State School opened circa 1864 and closed on 1963. This chapel was used to house a provisional school under teacher Mr Bryce with an enrolment of 50 to 60 children and an average attendance of about 30 children. In May 1873 a Congregational Chapel was erected on a 3.5-acre (1.4 ha) site with a chapel that was relocated from Bremer Mills (at Bundamba). The Congregational Church commenced services at Pine Mountain circa 1863. Of these only the Catholic Church remains. A small butter factory, a school and several churches were established. Orchards were started and dairying became important. Īfter tracts of land were cleared farming commenced, with the early settlers producing lucerne, maize and cotton. Some logs were transported to Ipswich using bullock teams, while others were transported down the Brisbane River. īy the 1850s, loggers had moved into the area due to abundant timber provided by the hoop pine. The locality takes its name from the mountain. Pine Mountain (the mountain) was originally named Pine Ridge by John Oxley on 21 September 1824, but later became known as Pine Mountain. Cunningham described his friendliness and his "open frankness of countenance" as he provided them with information regarding convenient places to cross the river and travelled with them to the foot of Pine Mountain. In 1824, the explorers John Oxley and Allan Cunningham mentioned meeting an elderly Aboriginal man who had been fishing with a spear near Upper Blackwall. The original inhabitants of the Pine Mountain area were the Ugarapul Aboriginal people. ![]() Īraucaria cunninghamii, also known as the hoop pine is very common in the area. This area consists mostly of rural properties and acreages with historical farmhouses and buildings. Pine Mountain has the following mountains: It is bounded to the south by the Warrego Highway and to the south-west and west by the Brisbane Valley Highway. The locality is bounded on the north and east by the Brisbane River and to the north-west by its tributary Sandy Creek. ![]()
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