Flinders Peak Group
Flinders Peak Group at Sunset, 2011
Highest point
Peak	Flinders Peak
Elevation	679 m (2,228 ft)
Geography
Flinders Peak Group
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	South East Queensland
Range coordinates	27°49′00″S152°49′00″E / 27.81667°S 152.81667°E /-27.81667; 152.81667 (Flinders Peak Group)
Parent range	Scenic Rim

TheFlinders Peak Group is an unnamed range of hills located on the northern edge of theScenic Rim Region, south west ofLogan City and south east of theCity of Ipswich inSouth East Queensland, Australia. Thesummit in the Range isFlinders Peak reaching 680 metres (2,230 ft) above sea level.

The first Europeans to cross the range werePatrick Logan and his exploration party in June 1827.^[1] Most of the range remains naturally vegetated within a series of protected areas. Both the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate and the Flinders Peak Conservation Park are located along this range.

Othermountains includeMount Joyce,Mount Blaine,Mount Goolman,Mount Elliott,Mount Flintoff,Mount Welcome andIvorys Rock.^[2] The range is visible from many locations around theScenic Rim.

The southernmost mountain of the range is Mount Joyce, which is separated from theDugandan Range byTeviot Brook.^[5]

The local Ugarapul people call Flinder's Peak,Booroong'pah or Booroongapah^[6][7] or Booroongpah.^[8] It is a sacred site because they believe that the powerful spirit, "Yurrangpul", lives there, and guards their traditions and sacred places. His name is similar to the local word for green tree frog: "Yurrang". The green tree frog is the totem of the Ugarapul people.^[9] Mount Blaine is known to the Ugarapul people asGinginbaar, and the Ugarapul meaning for Goolman, used in Mount Goolman, isAxe.^[7]

The peaks of the range derived their names as follows:

• Flinders Peak (Aboriginal: Booroong'pah) was originally namedHigh Peak in July 1799 byLieutenant Matthew FlindersRN (1774–1814)navigator,hydrographer andscientist,HMColonial Sloop Norfolk. The name Flinders Peak was first used byJohn Oxley (1785?-1828)Surveyor General during his explorations in 1824, as a change fromHigh Peak of Flinders.^[10]
• Mount Joyce, formerly known asKents Peak, so marked on a map of the Moreton Bay District published in 1842 byRobert Dixon (1800–1858)surveyor.^[11]
• Mount Blaine (Aboriginal: Ginginbaar) is probably named after John Blaine ( - 1908) who took up land near Peak Crossing in 1869 as the owner of Portion 89, Parish of Goolman.^[12]
• Mount Goolman, formerly named by John Oxley asMurdoch Peak, is derived from theYuggera language indicating stone axe.Murdoch Peak was probably named after Peter Murdoch, superintendent of the agricultural establishment atEmu Plains.^[13][14]
• Mount Elliott is reportedly named after Robert Elliott who took up land in 1868.^[15]
• Ivorys Rock (Aboriginal: Muntambin) is named after James Ivory (1820-1887)grazier, who heldfreehold land in theBundamba and around this range.^[16]

The range drains into both theBremer River Basin (sub-basin ofBrisbane River Basin) and via Teviot Brook into theLogan River Basin (sub-basin of Logan-Albert River Basin). Teviot Brook is a major tributary of the Logan River that also supplies water toWyaralong Dam.^[17][18][19]

TheFlinders-Goolman Conservation Estate is a collection offreehold andpublic land that is either owned or controlled byIpswich City Council. The estate is not a protected area under theNature Conservation Act 1992.^[20]

TheFlinders Peak Conservation Park is entirely surrounded by (and separate from) the Flinders-Coolman Conservation Estate. The Conservation Park is controlled by the QueenslandDepartment of Environment and Resource Management with the trustee being Ipswich City Council.^[21][22]

Flinders Peak Track, used to access Flinders Peak, was closed to the general public by Ipswich City Council in November 2009 in the interest of public safety. One section of the track was deemed too difficult for the general public to negotiate so Council are endeavouring to re-align it for safer public access. All other tracks within the Estate have remained open.^[23][24] Some social commentators question the reason why the Flinders Peak Track is closed.^[25] It has since been reopened, with a slight detour to avoid the difficult section.

As of December 2010, the Queensland Department of Infrastructure and Planning were consulting stakeholders in regard to developing theBoonah-to-Ipswich Trail, a 68 kilometre multi-use non-motorised recreation trail, in partnership with five local Councils. The development of the trail is in accordance with theSouth East Queensland Regional Trails Strategy (2007).^[26] The 19 kilometres (12 mi) located within Ipswich City is planned to wind through the Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate and also will be the northern terminus of the trail.^[20] At the foot of Mount Joyce against Teviot Brook a recreation park is planned to incorporate the Boonah-to-Ipswich Trail.^[27]

• List of mountains in Australia

• Trails Guide, Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate, City of Ipswich
• Flinders-Coolman Conservation Estate, City of Ipswich
• Conservation Areas & Waterways, City of Ipswich
• Regional Map, Scenic Rim Regional Council

• South East Queensland
• Great Dividing Range

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