Mount Molloy

Mount Molloy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.

Mount Molloy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Mount Molloy had a population of 254 people.It is a historic mining and timber town, 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of Cairns in Queensland, Australia.

Djabugay (also knowen as Djabuganjdji, Tjupakai) is a language of Far North Queensland, particularly the area around the Kuranda Range and Barron River Catchment. The Djabugay language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Cairns Regional Council.At its height Mount Molloy was a copper mine in the 1890s. It was commonly used as camping grounds and Chinese market gardeners used to grow grain and other foodstuffs for the miners nearby.

A private railway was constructed to Mount Molloy, junctioning from the Cairns to Mareeba line at Biboohra, opening in August 1908. It was built by Mount Molloy Limited to serve its smelters. The line was transferred to Queensland Railways on 1 March 1917 following the liquidation of the company and was extended to Rumula on 5 December 1926. The branch closed on 1 May 1964.Molloy Post Office opened by July 1905 and was renamed Mount Molloy in 1982.Mount Molloy was named after Patrick Molloy, an early teamster for a stock route and the person who discovered copper at what was to become Mount Molloy.

Today the dominant industry of Mount Molloy is now cattle grazing and consists of a few shops and an old hotel.

The Mount Molloy State School opened on 23 July 1906 and is located on 30-40 Fraser Road.It is a Prep to Year 6 co-educational school.Between 2008 and 2013, Mount Molloy (and the rest of the Shire of Mareeba) was within the Tablelands Region.

At the 2011 census, the town and surrounding area had a population of 273.In the 2016 census the locality of Mount Molloy had a population of 254 people.