Mount Charlton, Queensland

Mount Charlton is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Mount Charlton had a population of 151 people.

Geography
There are two neighbourhoods in the locality:


 * Camerons Pocket is a (-20.95°N, 148.7333°W)
 * Kungurri (-21.0727°N, 148.7297°W)

The locality has the following mountains:


 * Bluff Hill (-21.0459°N, 148.7667°W) at 380 m above sea level
 * Crazy Cat Mountain (-20.9759°N, 148.7134°W) 377 m
 * Mount Charlton (-21.0003°N, 148.7241°W) 380 m
 * The Pinnacle (-21.0373°N, 148.7521°W)

and the following passes:


 * Camerons Gap (-20.9666°N, 148.7333°W)
 * Kungurri Gap (-21.0729°N, 148.7297°W)
 * St Helens Gap (-20.9988°N, 148.7054°W)

History
Mount Charlton State School opened on 4 March 1931. It was mothballed on 31 December 2009 and closed on 31 December 2010. It was at 2342 Mirani-Mount Ossa Road (-21.0222°N, 148.7296°W). The school's website was archived.

About 8 km south-west of Mount Ossa in is the site of the former settlement of Silent Grove. The Silent Grove Provisional School opened on 29 August 1928. On 3 February 1936 the Silent Grove Upper State School opened. In 1938, the Silent Grove Provisional School closed, being replaced by the Mount Ossa State School in neighbouring Mount Ossa. The Silent Grove Upper State School closed about 1964. Silent Grove Upper State School was at 2948 Mirani-Mount Ossa Road (-20.9891°N, 148.7684°W).

Demographics
In the, Mount Charlton had a population of 150 people.

In the, Mount Charlton had a population of 151 people.