Earth:Coalstoun Lakes National Park

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Short description: Protected area in Queensland, Australia
Coalstoun Lakes National Park
Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
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Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 25°35′52″S 151°54′32″E / 25.59778°S 151.90889°E / -25.59778; 151.90889
Established1929
Area26 ha (64 acres)
Managing authoritiesQueensland Parks and Wildlife Service
See alsoProtected areas of Queensland

Coalstoun Lakes is a national park in Queensland, Australia , 236 km (147 mi) northwest of Brisbane. It features a volcano, Mount Le Brun, which has two craters that contain intermittent crater lakes. Mount Le Brun is one of the youngest volcanic formations in Australia, although it was formed more than 600,000 years ago.[1] Coalstoun Lakes is Queensland's smallest national park.

The average elevation of the terrain is 277 metres (909 ft).[2]

The lakes were named by local pioneer, Nugent Wade Brown, in 1894.[3] There are various theories as to the origin of the name.

  • One is that Coalstoun is the corruption of an Aboriginal word Goanalganai.[4][5]
  • Another theory is that the name 'Coalstoun' is a corruption of the word 'Colstoun'. Nugent Wade Brown's father, John Brown (1787–1860), emigrated to the Colony of New South Wales and established a property named Colstoun near what is now Gresford in the Hunter Valley in 1838.[6]
  • Colstoun was the ancestral home of the Brown family in Scotland. Colstoun is located south of Edinburgh and remains in the Brown family.[7] According to Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing "The lakes were named after Coalstoun in Scotland by Wade Brun, manager of nearby Ban Ban Station."[8] There is no doubt that Nugent Wade Brown and Wade Brun were the same person.[9] His wife, Margaret Campbell-Antill, was an aunt of Major-General John Macquarie Antill CB CMG.[10]

See also

  • Protected areas of Queensland

References

  1. ↑ Department of Environment and Science (2011-06-06). "Coalstoun Lakes National Park" (in en-AU). Queensland Government. https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/coalstoun-lakes. 
  2. ↑ "Coalstoun Lakes topographic map, elevation, relief" (in en). https://en-au.topographic-map.com/maps/3t1/Coalstoun-Lakes/. 
  3. ↑ "QUEENSLAND ROYAL SOCIETY,.". The Brisbane Courier (National Library of Australia): p. 6. 17 March 1894. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3576206. 
  4. ↑ "Coalstoun Lakes – town in North Burnett Region (entry 7541)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/place-names/search#/search=Coalstoun_Lakes&types=0&place=Coalstoun_Lakes7541. 
  5. ↑ "Coalstoun Lakes – locality in North Burnett Region (entry 50095)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/place-names/search#/search=Coalstoun_Lakes&types=0&place=Coalstoun_Lakes50095. 
  6. ↑ "Brown, John (1787–1860)". Obituaries Australia. 2012. http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-john-14344. 
  7. ↑ "Colstoun". Colstoun House, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. 2018. https://www.colstoun.co.uk/. "Colstoun is also the Ancestral Home of the Broun Family." 
  8. ↑ "Coalstoun Lakes National Park - About Coalstoun Lakes". Queensland Government. https://www.npsr.qld.gov.au/parks/coalstoun-lakes/about.html. 
  9. ↑ "Brown, Nugent Wade (1841–1919)". Obituaries Australia. 14 Jul 1919. http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/brown-nugent-wade-14350. 
  10. ↑ "Margaret Cambell-Antill". Renaud BROWN de COLSTOUN. https://gw.geneanet.org/renaudbrown?lang=en&iz=0&p=margaret&n=cambell+antill. 




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