Mount Britton, Queensland

Mount Britton (originally Mount Britten) is a rural locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. It contains the abandoned gold rush town of Mount Britton in the former Nebo Shire. In the, Mount Britton had a population of 4 people.

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


 * The Stalk (-21.3103°N, 148.4895°W) 660 m
 * Sydney Heads (-21.4152°N, 148.5798°W) 921 m
 * The Marling Spikes (-21.4191°N, 148.5633°W) 723 m
 * Mount Seaview (-21.4414°N, 148.7112°W) 860 m
 * Mount Britton (-21.4691°N, 148.579°W) 727 m
 * Mount Adder (-21.4864°N, 148.7219°W) 712 m
 * Boundary Gap Mountain (-21.5071°N, 148.7146°W) 700 m

Dullawunna is a neighbourhood in the west of the locality (-21.4333°N, 148.5333°W).

History
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. Mount Britten Provisional School opened c. 1883 and closed in 1906.

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

The former township is now a historical site at the end of Mount Britton Road (-21.4035°N, 148.5452°W).

Demographics
In the, the locality of Mount Britton and the surrounding area had a population of 255.

In the, the locality of Mount Britton had a population of 9 people.

In the, the locality of Mount Britton had a population of 4 people.

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.