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Mount Isa
Mount Isa ( ) is a city in the Gulf Country region of Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because of the vast mineral deposits found in the area. Mount Isa Mines (MIM) is one of the most productive mines in world history, based on combined production of lead, silver, copper and zinc. Before European contact, the Mount Isa region was part of an expansive trade network spanning the entire Lake Eyre basin, Lake Eyre Basin and beyond. In particular, it was a valued source of stone for stone tools such as Hand axe, hand axes.Davidson, Iain; Cook, Nick; Fischer, Matthew; Ridges, Malcolm; Ross, June; Sutton, Stephen (2005). "Archaeology in Another Country: Exchange and Symbols in North-West Central Queensland" (PDF). In Macfarlane, Ingereth; Mountain, Mary-Jane; Paton, Robert (eds.). Many Exchanges: Archaeology, History, Community and the Work of Isabel McBryde. Canberra: Aboriginal History Inc. pp. 101–128. In the , the town of Mount Isa had a population of 18,317 peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Moondarra
Lake Moondarra is an artificial lake on the Leichhardt River in Queensland, Australia, 16 km downstream from the town of Mount Isa. It provides water to the city and the adjacent Mount Isa Mines (MIM) mining lease. The dam was built for Mount Isa Mines and, at the time, was the largest water scheme in Australia financed by private enterprise. The original construction was started by the American Utah Construction Company, but Thiess Brothers completed the project. The lake includes picnic areas, pontoons, a ski jump, and water sports facilities. The lake is popular with birdwatchers, sailors and angler. The Lake Moondarra Fishing Classic has been held there since 1999. Transport Bay was so named because tonnes of sand was deposited on the banks of the lake by MIM trucks to create a beach. History The lake was the location for one of Australia's largest stone axe quarries. The axes were traded amongst Aborigines across distances as far as 1,000 km. Construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leichhardt River
The Leichhardt River is a river in north-west Queensland, Australia. Course The source of the river is in the Selwyn Range under Rifle Creek Hill and fed by Rifle Creek approximately south of the mining town Mount Isa. It runs in a generally northerly direction almost parallel with the Diamantina Developmental Road until it reaches Mount Isa and crosses the Barkly Highway. It continues in a north easterly direction across the Gulf Country passing through Lake Moondarra past Glenroy Station then through Lake Julius. It then bears east then north again almost parallel with the Burke Developmental Road until crossing it near Nardoo. Continuing north past Augustus Downs Station to its mouth at the Gulf of Carpentaria. The river was named by explorer and surveyor Augustus Charles Gregory after the early explorer of Australia, Ludwig Leichhardt. Gregory chose the name because:"Two days' journey S.E. brought us to a river 100 yards wide, in detached pools. (Latitude 18 degrees 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisher, Queensland
Fisher is a suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Fisher had a population of 65 people. Geography The Leichhardt River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "mineside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River). Fisher is a "townside" suburb. History Fisher was named on 1 September 1973 by the Queensland Place Names Board after Sir George Fisher, Chairman of Mount Isa Mines Ltd from 1953 to 1970. On 16 March 2001, the status of Fisher was changed from a locality to a suburb. Demographics In the , Fisher had "no people or a very low population". In the , Fisher had a population of 65 people. Education There are no schools in Fisher. The nearest government primary school is Townview State School in neighbouring Townview to the west. The nearest government secondary is Spinifex State College Spinifex State College is a public, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakaway, Queensland
Breakaway is a suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Breakaway had a population of 187 people. Geography The Leichhardt River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "mineside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River). Breakaway is a "townside" suburb. History Breakaway was named on 1 September 1973 by the Queensland Place Names Board after Breakaway Creek which flows past it. On 16 March 2001, the status of Breakaway was changed from a locality to a suburb. Demographics In the , Breakaway had a population of 199 people. In the , Breakaway had a population of 187 people. Education There are no schools in Breakaway. The nearest government primary school is Townview State School in Townview to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Spinifex State College Spinifex State College is a public, co-educational, day a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldiers Hill, Queensland
Soldiers Hill is a suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Soldiers Hill had a population of 1,796 people. Geography The Leichhardt River flows north-south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "mineside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River). Soldiers Creek is a "mineside" suburb. The suburb is bounded to the west by the Barkly Highway and to the east by the Leichhard River. History In 1954, St James' Anglican Church in Parkside (which was originally St James's Anglican Church in Selwyn) was relocated to Soldiers Hill and renamed St Oswald's Anglican Church. St Oswald's operated for several years, before being sold for removal. Barkly Highway State School opened on 27 January 1959. It was officially opened on Saturday 16 May 1959, by Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. Soldiers Hill was officially named on 1 September 1973 by the Queensland Place N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkside, Queensland
Parkside is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Parkside had a population of 1,530 people. Geography The Leichhardt River flows north-south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "mineside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River). Parkside is a "mineside" suburb. History St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was established by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Sisters of St Joseph on Railway Avenue in 1923 and operated there until 1984. In 1964, the Sisters established a secondary school for girls called San Jose Catholic Secondary School (also known as San Jose College) on Twenty-Third Avenue. Both schools closed as part of a rationalisation and amalgamation of Catholic schools in Mount Isa. On 29 January 1985, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School relocated to the San Jose site in Twenty-Third Avenue, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles End, Queensland
Miles End is a suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Miles End had a population of 280 people. Geography The Leichhardt River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "mineside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River). Miles End is a "mineside" suburb. The suburb is bounded to the east in parts by the Leichhardt River, to the south by Isa Street and Station Street, to the west by Hooper Road (and the mine itself), and to the north by Carbonate Street and Alma Street. Despite the townside/mineside division of the suburbs, there is one exception. A small area along the riverside of West Street that contains the Mount Isa City Council's Civic Centre is not part of the townside suburb of Mount Isa City but part of the mineside suburb of Miles End that extends across the river. History Miles End was named on 1 September 1973 by the Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mica Creek Power Station
Mica Creek Power Station is located 5 km south of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland, Australia. It was natural gas powered with 12 turbines of various sizes that generate a combined capacity of 318 MW of electricity. The power station is owned by state government owned Stanwell Corporation. Mica Creek was originally coal-fired, with conversion to natural gas completed in 2000. Gas is sourced from the Cooper Eromanga Basin gas field via the 840 km Carpenteria Pipeline. Mica Creek supplied electricity to mining companies in the region, as well as Mount Isa, Cloncurry Cloncurry is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It is informally known by local people as The Curry. Cloncurry is the administrative centre of the Shire of Cloncurry. Cloncurry is known as the ''Friendl ..., and the nearby region. Current status For more than 54 years, Mica Creek was the sole large-scale supplier of electricity to mining and residential comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CS Energy
CS Energy is an Australia-based electricity generating company fully owned by the Government of Queensland with its head office located in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The company was established in 1997 and employs more than 500 staff. Tony Bellas is the Board Chair and Darren Busine is the Chief Executive Officer. The company's generation portfolio comprises coal-fired power stations, energy storage and renewable energy offtakes. CS Energy has a trading portfolio of 3,535 megawatts in Australia's national electricity market. The company owns and operates Kogan Creek Power Station and Callide B Power Station. CS Energy also owns Callide Power Station in a 50/50 joint venture with InterGen. CS Energy is adding the 100 MW/200 MWh Chinchilla Battery grid-scale battery to its Kogan Creek site on the Western Downs. Construction is currently underway on the battery and it is expected to be operational in late 2023. CS Energy was awarded A$32 million in 2010 to help constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mica Creek, Queensland
Mica Creek is a suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mica Creek had a population of 182 people. Geography The Leichhardt River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "mineside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River). Mica Creek is a "mineside" suburb. History Mica Creek was named on 1 September 1973 by the Queensland Place Names Board. On 16 March 2001, the status of Mica Creek was changed from a locality to a suburb. Demographics In the , Mica Creek had a population of 197 people. In the , Mica Creek had a population of 182 people. Education There are no schools in Mica Creek. The nearest government primary school is Happy Valley State School in neighbouring Happy Valley to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Spinifex State College which has its junior campus in Parkside to the north and its senior campus i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Isa Airport
Mount Isa Airport is an airport serving the western Queensland city of Mount Isa, Australia. It is served by a variety of scheduled regional airlines, with flights to Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns as well as several other regional centres. The Royal Flying Doctor Service has one of its nine Queensland bases at Mount Isa Airport. Since 2005 the airport has been owned by Queensland Airports, which also owns Townsville Airport, Longreach Airport and Gold Coast Airport. In the 2010–11 financial year, Mount Isa Airport handled 217,525 passengers, a 25.1% increase over the previous year. In 2019, the airport was a base for relief efforts for the North West Queensland floods. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring and is north of the city Airlines and destinations Statistics Mount Isa Airport was ranked 30th in Australia for the number of revenue passengers served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalkadoon, Queensland
Kalkadoon is a suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kalkadoon had a population of 27 people. Geography The Leichhardt River The Leichhardt River is a river in north-west Queensland, Australia. Course The source of the river is in the Selwyn Range under Rifle Creek Hill and fed by Rifle Creek approximately south of the mining town Mount Isa. It runs in a generally n ... flows north-south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "mineside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River). Kalkadoon is a "mineside" suburb. Despite the name, the Kalkadoon State High School was in the Mount Isa suburb of Pioneer. Demographics In the , Kalkadoon had a population of 29 people. In the , Kalkadoon had a population of 27 people. References {{City of Mount Isa Suburbs of Mount Isa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
