Mount Britton, Queensland
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Royal Mail Hotel and doctor's cottage, Mount Britton Goldfield, circa 1881 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 21°25′07″S 148°35′59″E / 21.4186°S 148.5997°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1881 | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 398.3 km2 (153.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 4 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0100/km2 (0.026/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4742 | ||||||||||||
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Mount Britton (originally Mount Britten) is a rural locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] It contains the abandoned gold rush town of Mount Britton in the former Nebo Shire.[4] In the 2021 census, Mount Britton had a population of 4 people.[2]
The Mount Britton area was part of the traditional lands occupied by the Wiri Aboriginal people.[5]
Geography
The terrain is mountainous with a number of named peaks (from north to south):
- The Stalk (21°18′37″S 148°29′22″E / 21.3103°S 148.4895°E) 660 metres (2,170 ft)[6][7]
- Sydney Heads (21°24′55″S 148°34′47″E / 21.4152°S 148.5798°E) 921 metres (3,022 ft)[6][8]
- The Marling Spikes (21°25′09″S 148°33′48″E / 21.4191°S 148.5633°E) 723 metres (2,372 ft)[6][9]
- Mount Seaview (21°26′29″S 148°42′40″E / 21.4414°S 148.7112°E) 860 metres (2,820 ft)[6][10]
- Mount Britton (21°28′09″S 148°34′44″E / 21.4691°S 148.5790°E) 727 metres (2,385 ft)[6][11]
- Mount Adder (21°29′11″S 148°43′19″E / 21.4864°S 148.7219°E) 712 metres (2,336 ft)[6][12]
- Boundary Gap Mountain (21°30′26″S 148°42′53″E / 21.5071°S 148.7146°E) 700 metres (2,300 ft)[6][13]
Dullawunna is a neighbourhood in the west of the locality (21°26′00″S 148°32′00″E / 21.4333°S 148.5333°E).[14]
History
The township began in 1881 with the discovery of a gold field and, at its height, had a population of 1500 inhabitants.[15]
Mount Britten Post Office opened on 1 June 1881 and closed in 1912.[16] Mount Britten Provisional School opened c. 1883 and closed in 1906.[17]
After alluvial and shallow reef gold diminished by the late 1880s, the town experienced a decline and was eventually abandoned.[15]
The former township is now a historical site at the end of Mount Britton Road (21°24′13″S 148°32′43″E / 21.4035°S 148.5452°E).[18]
Demographics
In the 2006 census, the locality of Mount Britton and the surrounding area had a population of 255.[19]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Mount Britton had a population of 9 people.[20]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Mount Britton had a population of 4 people.[2]
Education
There are no schools in Mount Britton. The nearest government primary school is Nebo State School in neighbouring Nebo to the south. There are no nearby secondary schools; distance education or boarding schools are the alternatives.[18]
See also
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Britton (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Britton (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Mount Britton – locality in Isaac Region (entry 47030)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Mount Britton – town in Isaac Region (entry 47030)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ Queensland Government. "Map 10: Native Title" (PDF). Queensland Government, data assets, Native Title. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "The Stalk – mountain in Isaac Region (entry 34140)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Sydney Heads – mountain in Isaac Region (entry 33018)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "The Marling Spikes – mountain in Isaac Region (entry 34018)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Seaview – mountain in Isaac Region (entry 30337)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Britton – mountain in Isaac Region (entry 4577)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Adder – mountain in Isaac Region (entry 111)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Boundary Gap Mountain – mountain in Isaac Region (entry 4062)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Dullawunna – locality unbounded in Isaac Regional (entry 10788)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Mount Britton". Tourism & Events Queensland. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List Mount Britten". Phoenix Auctions. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ a b "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mount Britton (Nebo Shire)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Britton (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
Further reading
- Ford, Lyall R. (Lyall Robert) (2001), Below these mountains : the adventures of John Henry Mills - pioneer photographer and gold miner, Taipan Press, ISBN 978-0-9590776-1-2 (includes historical aspects of Mount Britton)
External links
- "Mount Britton". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.