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Mount Clara Chimney
Mount Clara smelter is a heritage-listed former Copper smelting, copper smelter at Rossmore Road, in the upper reaches of Fat Hen Creek, Oakview, Queensland, Oakview (near Kilkivan, Queensland, Kilkivan), Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1873. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. Most of the operation is now in ruins, and the chimney is the only remaining intact part of a once active copper mine. History During the copper boom of the 1860s – mid-1870s the price of copper was as much as UK pound, UK £95 per ton. Copper mining probably commenced in the Mount Clara – Mount Coora area in 1872. The Mount Clara smelter was built in 1873. The smelter was built with local rock, and sand from Fraser Island. The Mount Clara smelter was among the earliest built in Queensland, being built after Peak Downs, Mount Perry, Queensland, Mount Perry and Flanagans smelters, but a year before those at Mount Coora, Blackall, Queensland, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakview, Queensland
Oakview is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Oakview had a population of 29 people. It is an historic mining area and now grazing country. Geography The southern half and northern edge of Oakview are mountainous with lower flatter land in-between. The lower land has an elevation of 100–150 metres above sea level and is used for grazing. The northern edge contains Sugarloaf Mountain (340 metres above sea level) and is undeveloped land. The southern half rises to an unnamed peak at 630 metres above sea level and is part of the Oakview State Forest and the Oakview National Park. Wide Bay Creek meanders from west to east through the northern flatter part of the locality; it is a tributary of the Mary River. The railway line from Theebine to Nanango passes from east to west through the locality through the flatter land, but the line is no longer operating. Oakview was served by the Oakview railway station (). The Wide Bay Highway runs from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
