Mentmore, Queensland

Mentmore is a coastal locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Mentmore had "no people or a very low population".

Geography
The Tonga Range runs through the centre of the locality with Tonga Mountain, the highest peak at 233 metres.

Mentmore has the following mountains (from north to south):
 * Tonga Mountain (-20.7453°N, 148.7237°W) 233 m
 * Rocky Mountain (-20.7809°N, 148.8185°W) 120 m

Mentore has the following coastal features (from north to south):
 * Ten Mile Beach (-20.701°N, 148.7304°W)

Offshore are a number of named marine features:
 * Mentmore Beach (-20.7766°N, 148.8058°W)
 * Stewart Peninsula (-20.7801°N, 148.8127°W)
 * Dewars Beach (-20.7847°N, 148.834°W)
 * Dewars Point, a headland (-20.7924°N, 148.8386°W)
 * Gould Island (-20.6726°N, 148.759°W)
 * Midge Island (-20.6906°N, 148.764°W)
 * Cave Island (-20.7836°N, 148.8558°W)
 * Brothers Islands, an island group (-20.7895°N, 148.8524°W).

The land use is grazing on native vegetation.
 * High Islands, an island group (-20.8005°N, 148.8751°W)
 * St Helens Bay (-20.81417°N, 148.87583°W)

History
Menmore was officially named and bounded by the Minister for Natural Resources on 3 September 1999.

Mentmore Beach was a popular holiday destination in the 1930s and 1940s with swimming and fishing the main attractions. However, plans to develop the beach as a seaside resort required subdivision of land which was unable to proceed until a better access road was established and the road was never funded.

Demographics
In the, Mentmore had "no people or a very low population".

In the, Mentmore had "no people or a very low population".

Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:


 * Exmoor (-20.7246°N, 148.6638°W)
 * Mentmore (-20.794°N, 148.7808°W

Education
There are no schools in Mentmore. The nearest government primary schools are Pindi Pindi State School in neighbouring Pindi Pindi to the south and Bloomsbury State School in neighbouring Bloomsbury to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Calen District State College in Calen to the south.