Paradise is a town on the
Burnett River
The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta a ...
, in
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia, within the present-day locality of
Coringa in the
North Burnett Region
The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ear ...
. Although it is still officially gazetted as a town, the town no longer has buildings or people.
History
The town was established as a
gold mining
Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. However, with the expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface ...
centre and was abandoned once the gold ran out. The main reef on the goldfield extended for two miles along Finneys Creek.
[Frew, Joan (1981) ''Queensland Post Offices 1842-1980 and Receiving Offices 1869-1927'', p. 387. Fortitude Valley, Queensland: published by the author, ]
A
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
opened on 3 April 1890 and closed about June 1905.
A town reserve was proclaimed on 20 July 1891.
Paradise Provisional School opened about 1892 and closed in 1904. It was at . In December 1905, tenders were called to relocate the school building to
Mount Shamrock.
The Paradise Public Hall was relocated to Mount Shamrock where it was officially reopened circa September 1905.
The town site is partially inundated by Lake Paradise, formed by the construction of
Paradise Dam on the Burnett River.
Prior to inundation, an
archaeological
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
excavation of the town site was conducted by the
University of Queensland
, mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work
, established =
, endowment = A$224.3 million
, budget = A$2.1 billion
, type = Public research university
, chancellor = Peter Varghese
, vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry
, city = B ...
archaeological services unit, revealing much about life in Queensland gold rush towns.
[ ]
See also
*
List of ghost towns
The following is a list of ghost towns, listed by continent, then by country.
Africa
Angola
* The settlement of Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: ''São Martinho dos Tigres''), situated on a peninsula now known as the Tigres Island ...
References
Towns in Queensland
Mining towns in Queensland
Ghost towns in Queensland
Populated places established in 1891
1891 establishments in Australia
Populated places disestablished in 1905
North Burnett Region
Further reading
* — Chapter 5. A History of Paradise
External links
*
{{authority control