Download coordinates as: Pine Mountain is a semi-rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
[citation needed] The original inhabitants of the Pine Mountain area were the Ugarapul Aboriginal people.
In 1824, the explorers John Oxley and Allan Cunningham mentioned meeting an elderly Aboriginal man who had been fishing with a spear near Upper Blackwall.
Cunningham described his friendliness and his "open frankness of countenance" as he provided them with information regarding convenient places to cross the river and travelled with them to the foot of Pine Mountain.
[citation needed] After tracts of land were cleared farming commenced, with the early settlers producing lucerne, maize and cotton.
[22] The Brisbane Valley railway line was established in 1884, connecting Ipswich to Lowood and passing through Pine Mountain.
[citation needed] A United Methodist Free Church opened at Pine Mountain on Sunday 13 September 1874 with a service conducted by the Reverend David Porteus of Ipswich.
[23] The church building was described as being built of pine at the very top of the mountain on the southern side, a site donated by Reuben Worley.