The name comes from the name of the mountain, which in turned was named by
Surveyor-General Thomas Mitchell on 7 May 1846 because of the "abundance of pasture" in the area. Prussian explorer,
Ludwig Leichhardt was last seen on the 3 April 1848 at Cogoon Run, an outlying part of Mount Abundance on his ill-fated 1848 expedition from the
Condamine River to the
Swan River before his party disappeared without a trace. Spencer and his family are considered to have been the first European family to settle in the area. It is recorded that when they arrived at the station, it was found to be run down, and the buildings damaged by fire. Rough huts provided temporary quarters until Spencer built a new homestead, and Mount Abundance station is described as the focal point for the district during this period. Spencer ran a supply store, and the station formed a depot for European explorers heading into the western districts. A post office was opened at the homestead in September 1861.
Augustus Charles Gregory arrived at Mount Abundance in 1862, and selected a locality for the township which become known as
Roma, proclaimed in September that year. The post office at Mount Abundance homestead closed at the end of 1863 when the Roma post office opened.
Mount Abundance Homestead and its remaining farmland still exists and is listed on the
Queensland Heritage Register, but what remains in now within the present-day neighbouring locality of
Bungil. It closed on 13 December 1985. == Demographics ==