Mount Byron, Queensland
| Mount Byron Queensland | |||||||||||||
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 Paddocks along Mount Byron Road, 2015 | |||||||||||||
  Mount Byron | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°8′54″S 152°41′4″E / 27.14833°S 152.68444°ECoordinates: 27°8′54″S 152°41′4″E / 27.14833°S 152.68444°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4312 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Somerset Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||
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Mount Byron is a rural locality and a mountain in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]
The rugged terrain of the D'Aguilar Range in the east is protected within the D'Aguilar National Park. Mount Byron reaches elevations greater than 600 m above sea level. Lower elevations along Byron Creek, a tributary of the Stanley River, have been cleared of vegetation.
History
The locality takes its name from the mountain.[1] Brown & Broad operated a timber sawmill at Mount Byron around 1912.[3] By 1923 Raymond & Hossack were also operating a timber mill in the area.[4][5] Mining operations commenced in 1918.[6] Mount Byron State School opened on 29 May 1919 and closed on 17 January 1930.[7][8][9] A large bushfire occurred in October 1926.[10]
References
- 1 2 "Mount Byron (entry 44900)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ "Mount Byron (entry 5593)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ "Advertising.". The Queensland Times. National Library of Australia. 6 May 1913. p. 7 Edition: Daily. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "ESK.". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 23 October 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "SOUTHERN DISTRICT.". The Worker. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 19 February 1925. p. 12. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Esk Letter.". The Queensland Times. National Library of Australia. 14 August 1918. p. 6 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Byron No.1668 State School "Series IDMount Byron No.1668 State School, 9 May 2014" Check
|url=value (help). Queensland State Archives. - ↑ "ESK.". The Queensland Times. National Library of Australia. 10 October 1923. p. 7 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "ESK.". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 18 June 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "BUSH FIRES.". The Northern Miner. Charters Towers, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 15 October 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 9 May 2014.