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Mount Byron
Queensland
Paddocks Mount Byron Queensland.jpg
Paddocks along Mount Byron Road, 2015
Mount Byron is located in Queensland
Mount Byron
Mount Byron
Location in Queensland
Population 18 (2016 census)
 • Density 0.121/km2 (0.31/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4312
Area 148.9 km2 (57.5 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Blair
Suburbs around Mount Byron:
Westvale Mount Archer Mount Mee
Crossdale Mount Byron Mount Pleasant
Bryden Dundas Laceys Creek

Mount Byron is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Mount Byron had a population of 18 people.

History

The locality takes its name from the mountain. Brown & Broad operated a timber sawmill at Mount Byron around 1912. By 1923 Raymond & Hossack were also operating a timber mill in the area. Mining operations commenced in 1918. Mount Byron State School opened on 29 May 1919 and closed on 17 January 1930. A large bushfire occurred in October 1926.

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