Mount Perry

Mount Perry is a small town and locality in the North Burnett Region in southeastern Queensland, Australia.

Mount Perry is a small town and locality in the North Burnett Region in southeastern Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Mount Perry had a population of 538 people. The neighbourhood of Drummers Creek is in the locality (25.1500°S 151.6500°E? / -25.1500; 151.6500? (Drummers Creek, Queensland)).

Gureng Gureng (also known as Gooreng Gooreng, Goreng Goreng, Goeng, Gurang, Goorang Goorang, Korenggoreng) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gureng Gureng people. The Gooreng Gooreng language region includes the towns of Bundaberg, Gin Gin and Miriam Vale extending south towards Childers, inland to Monto and Mt Perry.The locality takes its name from Mount Perry pastoral run which was named in 1857. Originally there were two private towns known as Fife-Barnett and the town of Tenningering. Tenningering was renamed Mount Perry on 14 January 1915.Mount Perry Post Office opened on 26 July 1871. It was known as Tenninering between 1882 and 1884.Drummer's Creek Provisional School opened on 5 April 1880. On 1 January 1909 it became Drummer's Creek State School. It closed in 1959.Mount Perry was connected by the Mount Perry railway line to Bundaberg from 1884 until 1960.At the 2006 census, Mount Perry had a population of 431 people.At the 2011 census, Mount Perry had a population of 480 people.