Kuridala is a former mining township and
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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in the
Shire of Cloncurry
The Shire of Cloncurry is a Local government in Australia, local government area in North West Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity since 1884. The major town and administrative centre of the ...
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Queensland
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, Australia.
In the the locality of Kuridala had a population of 10 people.
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Geography
Ballara () is the now abandoned ruins of a settlement that supported the Wee MacGregor Mine. It is the north-west of the locality.
Road infrastructure
The Cloncurry–Dajarra Road runs through from north to south-west.
History
The town was originally named ''Gulatten'', then ''Hampden'', then ''Friezland'', and finally Kuridala in October 1916. Kuridala is reportedly an Aboriginal word, language and dialect not recorded, meaning ''eagle hawk''.
Friezland Provisional School opened circa 1901 and closed in 1904 due to low student numbers. It reopened in 1906. On 1 January 1909 it became Friezland State School. In 1920 the school was renamed Kuridala State School in 1920. It closed circa 1932.
Ballara State School opened circa May 1919 and closed circa March 1925.
In the Kuridala had a population of 10 people.
Heritage listings
Kuridala has a number of heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...
sites, including:
* Kuridala Township, Hampden Smelter and Mining Complex
* Wee MacGregor railway
Wee MacGregor railway is a heritage-listed tramway and railway associated with the former towns of Ballara and Hightville in the locality of Kuridala, Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1909 to 1926. It was added to ...
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See also
* List of tramways in Queensland
List of tramways in Queensland provides three separate lists, each in alphabetical order of the key identifier. They are:
* Non sugar cane tramways, ordered by Tramway Name as contained in Wikipedia articles.
* Sugar cane tramways, ordered by Sug ...
References
External links
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Shire of Cloncurry
Localities in Queensland