| Type: | suburb |
| Mount Britton | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -21.4186°N 148.5997°W |
| Pop: | 4 |
| Established: | 1881 |
| Postcode: | 4742 |
| Area: | 398.3 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 50.1 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Nebo |
| Dist2: | 131 |
| Dir2: | SW |
| Location2: | Mackay |
| Dist3: | 150 |
| Dir3: | NE |
| Location3: | Moranbah |
| Dist4: | 994 |
| Dir4: | NNW |
| Location4: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Isaac Region |
| Stategov: | Burdekin |
| Fedgov: | Capricornia |
| Near-N: | Crediton |
| Near-Ne: | Septimus |
| Near-E: | Pinevale |
| Near-Se: | Epsom |
| Near-S: | Nebo |
| Near-Sw: | Hail Creek |
| Near-W: | Hail Creek |
| Near-Nw: | Eungella Dam |
Mount Britton (originally Mount Britten) is a rural locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It contains the abandoned gold rush town of Mount Britton in the former Nebo Shire.[2] In the, Mount Britton had a population of 4 people.
The terrain is mountainous with a number of named peaks (from north to south):
Dullawunna is a neighbourhood in the west of the locality (-21.4333°N 148.5333°W).[11]
The township began in 1881 with the discovery of a gold field and, at its height, had a population of 1500 inhabitants.[12]
Mount Britten Post Office opened on 1 June 1881 and closed in 1912.[13] Mount Britten Provisional School opened 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 .
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.
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.