Mount Tyson

Mount Tyson is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

Mount Tyson is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Mount Tyson had a population of 285 people.

The town's name derives from the name of its railway station, which in turn was derived from the local mountain, which was believed to be named after James Tyson, a grazier and Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.Mount Tyson Provisional School opened on 18 April 1904 (Easter) with 35 pupils; Minnie (McIntyre) Fletcher was the first teacher. On 1 January 1909 it became Mount Tyson State School. The school was extended in 1916, 1949, 1963, 1973 (library) and 1996 (Prep year building). The school celebrated its centenary in 2004.Mount Tyson Post Office opened by 1917 (a receiving office had been open from 1904, briefly known as Mount Russell).Between 1914 and 1994 the town was serviced by the Cecil Plains railway line.

St Philip's Anglican Church was dedicated on 13 October 1907 by St Clair Donaldson, the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane. When St John's Anglican Church in Springside closed circa 1974, its church building was relocated to the site of St Philip'sfor use as a Sunday school and later remodelled as a parish hall. Circa 2014, St Philip's church also closed. The land with the two church buildings at 6-8 Main Street (27.574553°S 51.569053°E? / -27.574553; 51.569053? (St Philip's Anglican Church, Mount Tyson)) was sold as a single lot on 4 August 2016 and is now privately owned.In 1991, Mount Tyson was the national winner of the Australian Tidy Town Awards, run by Keep Australia Beautiful.