Mount Wyatt, Queensland

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Mount Wyatt
Queensland
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Mount Wyatt
Coordinates 20°43′33″S147°15′52″E / 20.72583°S 147.26444°E / -20.72583; 147.26444 Coordinates: 20°43′33″S147°15′52″E / 20.72583°S 147.26444°E / -20.72583; 147.26444
Postcode(s) 4804
Location
LGA(s) Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s) Burdekin
Federal Division(s) Capricornia
Suburbs around Mount Wyatt:
Eight Mile Creek Bogie Bogie
Ravenswood Mount Wyatt Springlands
Seventy Mile Mount Coolon Newlands

Mount Wyatt is a mountain and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. [1] [2]

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Geography

Mount Wyatt is a largely undeveloped and sparsely populated area. There are large areas of mining exploration permits in the southern part of the locality. The Burdekin Dam is on the western boundary of the locality. The Suttor River which flows into the Burdekin Dam forms the south-western boundary of the locality; the Sellheim River flows through the south-western part of the locality into the Suttor River. The Burdekin River (upstream from the dam) forms the north-western boundary; the Bowen River flows through the northern part of the locality into the Burdekin River. [3]

Heritage listings

Mount Wyatt has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

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References

  1. "Mount Wyatt - mountain (entry 38273)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. "Mount Wyatt - locality (entry 46889)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. "Bowen River Hotel (entry 600042)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 16 July 2013.