Mount Hallen, Queensland

Mount Hallen is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Mount Hallen had a population of 457 people.

Geography
The locality is bounded to the south by Running Creek.

The mountain Mount Hallen is in the east of the locality (-27.3318°N, 152.4129°W) and rises to 390 m.

The Gatton Esk Road enters the locality from the south (Buaraba) and exits to the north (Esk).

There are a variety of land uses within the locality. There is rural residential housing in the south-west of the locality. Other land uses include grazing on native vegetation, production forestry, and some crop growing.

History
The mountain Mount Hallen was named in 1829 by explorer Allan Cunningham, probably after Ambrose Hallen, who was the Assistant Surveyor-General in New South Wales from 1827 to 1829.

The section of the Brisbane Valley railway line from Lowood to Esk opened on Monday 9 August 1886. It included the Mount Hallen railway station (-27.3164°N, 152.4091°W) at Mount Hallen. The station was originally to be called Buaraba (the name of the parish) but was renamed Mount Hallen after the mountain. The locality takes its name from the railway station name. The locality to the south of Mount Hallen is now named Buaraba.

The railway line and Mount Hallen railway station closed in 1993.

Demographics
In the, Mount Hallen had a population of 458 people.

In the, Mount Hallen had a population of 457 people.

Education
There are no schools in Mount Hallen. The nearest government primary schools are Esk State School in neighbouring Esk to the north and Coominya State School in neighbouring Coominya to the south-east. The nearest government secondary schools are Toogoolawah State High School in Toogoolawah to the north, Lowood State High School in Lowood to the south-east, and Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the south-west.

Attractions
The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail now uses the former Brisbane Valley railway corridor.