Mount Wyatt is a mountain and rural

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in the Whitsunday Region,

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. In the , Mount Wyatt had a population of 34 people.

Geography

The

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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

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(upstream from the dam) forms the north-western boundary; the Bowen River flows through the northern part of the locality into the Burdekin River. The predominant land use is

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on native vegetation. There are some mines in the south of the locality, mining copper, silver, and gold. There are many mountains in the locality: Mount Wyatt has the following mountains: * Cramoisie Cliff (Red Bluff) () * Earlscliffe () * Fairview Hill () * Havilah Hill () * House And Kitchen Hills () * Les Jumelles () * Little Tor () * Mount Battery () * Mount Constance () * Mount Dalrymple () * Mount Ely () * Mount Joe-De-Little () * Mount Johnnycake () * Mount Landsborough () * Mount Magnus () * Mount Marian () * Mount McConnel () * Mount Puffandwheeze () * Mount Richardson () * Mount Roscow () * Mount Stone () * Mount Wickham () * Mount William Philpott () * Mount Wyatt () * Peak John () * Red Hill () * Reginald Peak () * Rutherfords Table () * The Garth () * The Pyramid () * The Scrag () * Tor Gabrielle ()

Demographics

In the , Mount Wyatt had a population of 51 people. In the , Mount Wyatt had a population of 34 people.

Heritage listings

Mount Wyatt has a number of

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sites, including: * Bowen River Hotel, Strathbowen-Leichhardt Range Road

Education

There are no schools in Mount Wyatt. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Collinsville State School and Collinsville State High School, both in Collinsville to the east. There is also a Catholic primary school in Collinsville. However, most of Mount Wyatt is too distant for a daily commute to the schools in Collinsville; the alternatives are

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and boarding school.

References

{{Whitsunday Region Whitsunday Region Localities in Queensland