Mount Britton, Queensland

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Side box Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mount Britton (originally Mount Britten) is a rural locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] It contains the abandoned gold rush town of Mount Britton in the former Nebo Shire.[3] In the Template:CensusAU, Mount Britton had a population of 4 people.[1]

Geography

The terrain is mountainous with a number of named peaks (from north to south):

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  • The Marling Spikes (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) Script error: No such module "convert".[4][7]
  • Mount Seaview (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) Script error: No such module "convert".[4][8]
  • Mount Britton (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) Script error: No such module "convert".[4][9]
  • Mount Adder (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) Script error: No such module "convert".[4][10]
  • Boundary Gap Mountain (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) Script error: No such module "convert".[4][11]

Dullawunna is a neighbourhood in the west of the locality (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[12]

History

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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.[13]

Mount Britten Post Office opened on 1 June 1881 and closed in 1912.[14] Mount Britten Provisional School opened c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and closed in 1906.[15]

After alluvial and shallow reef gold diminished by the late 1880s, the town experienced a decline and was eventually abandoned.[13]

The former township is now a historical site at the end of Mount Britton Road (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[16]

Demographics

In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Mount Britton and the surrounding area had a population of 255.[17]

In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Mount Britton had a population of 9 people.[18]

In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Mount Britton had a population of 4 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Mount Britton. The nearest primary school is Nebo State School in neighbouring Nebo to the south. There are no nearby secondary schools; distance education or boarding schools would be options.[16]

See also

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References

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  18. ↑ Template:Census 2016 AUS

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Further reading

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External links

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