Download coordinates as: Clermont is a rural town and locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.

[3][4] Clermont is a major hub for the large coal mines in the region, and is also a service town for agricultural properties in the area.

Clermont is 274 kilometres (170 mi) south-west of Mackay, at the junction of the Gregory and Peak Downs highways.

[5] Gangalu (Gangulu, Kangulu, Kanolu, Kaangooloo, Khangulu) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gangula country.

The Gangula language region includes the towns of Clermont and Springsure, extending south towards the Dawson River.

[6] Ludwig Leichhardt was the first European to pass through the Clermont area in 1845, but it was the discovery of gold in 1861 that was responsible for the establishment of the town, close to what was Babbinburra clan land.

The first newspaper, the Peak Downs Telegram and Mining Record, was established in August 1864, and the first issue was dated Tuesday, 4 October.

The decorated soldier Billy Sing was born in Clermont in 1886 of a Chinese father and English mother.

[23] The greatest flood, in 1916, killed 65 people out of a town population of 1,500 and remains one of Australia's worst natural disasters in terms of life lost.

Following the 1916 flood, many of the wooden buildings of the town were moved using steam traction engines to a new townsite on higher ground.

[24][25] In the mid-1920s, The Capricornian newspaper refers to a Mr P. Matones (Matonez) as being one of the first owners of the Paris café in Clermont.

[39] When the mine reaches full capacity it will produce up to 12.2 million tonnes of thermal coal for international markets.

[53] The Clermont branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Rooms at 28 Sirus Street.