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Mount Britton - Mackay District
Originally known as Mount Britten, the town was surveyed in 1884, to serve the gold field on Oaky Creek. Gold was first discovered …… and was first prospected in 1881 …… By 1891 after the 1890 Eungella rush, only the Mt Britten Hotel …… remained out of the six hotels …… The mining company closed in 1890 and by 1908 the town was all but deserted …… However there was a brief resurgence in 1910 ……
…… The town today is in one of the most picturesque settings in the north, with a few building and garden remains, including a huge fig tree planted by Henry Mills to mark the birth of his first son in 1883 ……
“Fleas” is the title of the feature story of Marryatt who, in order to escape the fleas and get some sleep crawled inside a calico bag, tied it up ……
Also featured are the first impressions of Mount Britton written by Harold Finch-Hatton