Download coordinates as: Mount Morgan is a rural town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.

[2][3] The town was the administrative centre of the Mount Morgan Shire until March 2008, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring local government areas to form the Rockhampton Region.

[5] There are a number of neighbourhoods within the locality: The names Kenbula and Talban were both assigned by the Queensland Railway Department on 18 November 1911.

[13] Dinosaur footprints (preserved as infills) were later found in nine different sections of the Fireclay Caverns, lining the ceiling dated to the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian).

[16] The town of Mount Morgan grew in a haphazard fashion around the entrance to the mining lease near the Dee River from the early 1880s.

By 1889 a number of the major religions had established congregations and erected churches including the Primitive Methodists (1885), the Catholics (1887) and the Anglicans (1889).

That year the town's name was formally changed from 'South Calliungal' to 'Mount Morgan', and by 1891 the Queensland census recorded a population of 3514.

With every confidence in a British victory, in March 1900, the town's people decided to prepare to celebrate the relief of Mafeking as soon as it was announced.

The town band was to assemble immediately on the corner of East and Morgan Streets and other entertainments were arranged, such as a bonfire and a greasy pig.

[22] On 20 May 1900, on hearing the news of the relief of Mafeking, bonfires were lit on the hills around the town, the bands were playing, and patriotic speeches were made.

[28] In February 2018, the bell was returned to the main street of Mount Morgan as part of a streetscape redevelopment project.

In April 1902 the Port Curtis Road Methodist Church building was purchased for removal and erected on the corner of East and Dee Streets in Mount Morgan.

7 Dam, creating a new sporting facility for the area, as part of the Advancing Mount Morgan strategy with an aim to help boost tourism to the town.

[45][71] Rockhampton Mountain Bike Club conducts social rides there and also has plans to commence racing at the new trail park in 2021.

The Morgan Street is closed to vehicles during Saturday of the Festival for the day for markets and activities such as floats and "Running the Cutter" races.

The area was host to one of the few rack railways (as part of the line from Mount Morgan to Rockhampton) to operate in Australia.

The Mount Morgan railway station is still standing and now operates as a Museum and Tourist Information Centre.