Talk:Mount Carbine, Queensland

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population and other details: [1]

(unreferenced history is from [[2]]

19 miles (approx 30.5 kms) west of Port Douglas, 84 miles (approx 132.5kms) north west of Cairns;

dry, grassland, savanna country, seperated from the coast by ruggesd chain of mountains (being] the Great Dividing range

1890's: miner Carroll Walsh names the mining town after the 1890 winner of the Melbourne cup, Carbine.

1890's = 1919: Mt. Carbine developed into a town and had a population of over 400. Shops and other buildings included :- the School of Arts, Church, Court House, Post Office, Hospital, School, Police Station, bakery, butchery, general store, drapery, cordials manufactory, barber,ore buyers, billiard saloon, 3 hotels, freight and transport carriers and a blacksmith.

1971: R.B. Mining commenced stage one of the treatment plant. In late 1971 an initial settlement of 60 men was built.

1976: Queensland Wolfram Pty Ltd was formed to buy the mining leases and existing facilities at Mt. Carbine from R.B. Mining.

1976 - 1980: A large increase in housing, a caravan park, messing facilities, a shop and many and varied recreational facilities were provided for the miners and their families by the Mining Co. The population of Mt. Carbine and district grew to about 400.

1986: By November 1986, there were few options left and the mine was placed on "care and maintenance" until February 1993,

1993: Poseidon Ltd sold all the mining plant and equipment, and the Mining Village at Public Auction.

2002: Western Yalanji obtain a Australia's third native title consent determination, the first involving a pastoral lease, and the title to land was handed to western Yalanji at a moving ceremony on 24 January 2002 ref [3]