▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 8 0 s . ▁By ▁ 1 8 8 9 ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁relig ions ▁had ▁established ▁con greg ations ▁and ▁ere cted ▁churches ▁including ▁the ▁Prim itive ▁Method ists ▁( 1 8 8 5 ), ▁the ▁C athol ics ▁( 1 8 8 7 ) ▁and ▁the ▁Ang lic ans ▁( 1 8 8 9 ). ▁That ▁year ▁the ▁town ' s ▁name ▁was ▁formally ▁changed ▁from ▁' S outh ▁Cal li ung al ' ▁to ▁' Mount ▁Morgan ', ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 8 9 1 ▁the ▁Queensland ▁census ▁recorded ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 3 5 1 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁railway ▁link ▁between ▁Mount ▁Morgan ▁and ▁Rock ham pton ▁was ▁not ▁built ▁until ▁ 1 8 9 8 . ▁Until ▁that ▁time , ▁everything ▁was ▁transport ed ▁by ▁horse ▁teams . ▁The ▁Mount ▁Morgan ▁M ining ▁Company ▁had ▁a ▁dep ot ▁in ▁Qu ay ▁Street , ▁where ▁the ▁w agon ers ▁would ▁load ▁up . ▁Initial ly , ▁there ▁were ▁two ▁routes ▁to ▁Rock ham pton , ▁one ▁via ▁Cro cod ile ▁( now ▁B ould er com be ) ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁via ▁Kab ra , ▁Bo ong ar ry ▁and ▁Moon mer a . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁a ▁road ▁was ▁built ▁over ▁the ▁Raz or back ▁Range . ▁ ▁Like ▁many ▁Australian ▁towns , ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁the ▁Sie ge ▁of ▁M af ek ing ▁was ▁av