Download coordinates as: Mount Alford is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.
[1] Mount Alford is a typical scenic Rim community surrounded by rich agricultural land.
Erosion along Blackrock Creek has prompted the Scenic Rim Regional Council and SEQ Catchments to implement on-farm infrastructure and land management practice changes to reduce sediment runoff and improve water quality.
The larger settlement of Boonah is located nearby with main roads linking to Ipswich and Beaudesert.
[6] A general store opened in the town in c1888 by August Anders.The building was rebuilt in 1913 upon sale by the Anders family.
[10] On 16 November 1918, Bishop Henry Le Fanu laid the foundation stone for the Anglican church on the northeastern corner of Reckumpilla Street and Cavanagah Street (28°03′56″S 152°35′43″E / 28.0655°S 152.5952°E / -28.0655; 152.5952 (St Peter's Anglican Church (former))).
The first Lutheran services in Mount Alford were held in the School of Arts by Pastor Christian Wilhelm Seybold.
[16] The original trust for the church stipulated that only married men and widowers could be trustees (but not bachelors).
The first couple to be married in the church were Wilhelm Labuschewski and Mary Louisa Kaden on 27 September 1911.
The pastors of the church (until 1988) were Christian Wilhelm Seybold, Rudolf Monz, Anton Hiller, Martin Frederick Prenzler, Alfred Hugo Schubert, Gerald David Dahlenberg, David Frederick Siegle, J. Perkins, R. Goldhardt, and K.D.
[17]A monument to those who served and who were killed in World War I was unveiled at Mount Alford State School on Saturday 25 May 1918 by John Douglas Story, (Undersecretary for Education in Queensland).
[20]An Anglican cemetery was established with its first burial (Gertrude Augusta Bell) on Sunday 11 August 1946.
[25] 3.0% of Mount Alford's population was either of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.