Mount Britton, Queensland

Mount Britton (originally Mount Britten) is a locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It was formerly a township in the former Nebo Shire.

Mount Britton
Queensland
Royal Mail Hotel and doctor's cottage, Mount Britton Goldfield, circa 1881
Mount Britton
Coordinates21.4186°S 148.5997°E / -21.4186; 148.5997
Population255 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density0.5930/km2 (1.536/sq mi)
Established1881
Postcode(s)4742
Area430.0 km2 (166.0 sq mi)
Location
  • 994 km (618 mi) NW of Brisbane
  • 123 km (76 mi) SW of Mackay
  • 43 km (27 mi) NW of Nebo
LGA(s)Isaac Region
State electorate(s)Burdekin
Federal Division(s)Capricornia
Localities around Mount Britton:
Eungella Dam Crediton Septimus
Hail Creek Mount Britton Pinevale
Hail Creek Nebo Epsom

History

School children and teacher portrait at the Provisional School, Mount Britton, 1885

The township began in 1881 with the discovery of a gold field, and at its height had a population of 1500 inhabitants.

Mount Britten Post Office opened on 1 June 1881 and closed in 1912.[3]

Mount Britten Provisional School opened c.1883 and closed in 1906.[4]

At the 2006 census, Mount Britton and the surrounding area had a population of 255.[1]

When alluvial and shallow reef gold diminished by the late 1880s, the town experienced a decline and was eventually abandoned. It currently exists as a historical site.

See also

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Mount Britton (Nebo Shire)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  2. "Mount Britton – locality in Isaac Region (entry 47030)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0

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)

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