Mount Isa is a rural

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in the

City of Mount Isa The City of Mount Isa is a local government area in north west Queensland. The City covers the urban locality of Mount Isa, the administrative centre, and surrounding area, sharing a boundary with the Northern Territory to the west. Mount Isa ...

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, Australia. It is the land that surrounds (and excludes) the suburbs of

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 single mines in world history, bas ...

. In the , the locality of Mount Isa had a population of 118 people.

Geography

The shape of the locality can be loosely be described as a

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) where the "

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" is the excluded urban area of Mount Isa, consisting of the suburbs (from north to south): Kalkadoon, Lanskey, Ryan, Soldiers Hill, Winston,

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, Miles End,

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, Mount Isa City, Breakaway, Townview, Parkside, Mornington, Healy, Happy Valley, Mica Creek and Spreadborough. The

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facility is in the locality immediately west of the suburbs (from north to south): Kalkdoon, Soldiers Hill, Miles End, Parkside, Happy Valley and Mica Creek. The suburbs are separated from the mine facility by the

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with the Mount Isa railway station in Station Street, Miles End (), almost on the boundary between that suburb and the Mount Isa locality and the mine facility. The railway line exits the urban area at Mica Creek. Although the line is heading to

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to the east, the line travels south and exits the locality via

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, and then passes through

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and Kuridala. This indirect route is to avoid the Mount Godwin Range. The

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enter the locality from the west (

), passes through the Mount Godwin Range and enters the urban area at Breakway. It exits the urban area at Kalkadoon and continues north, exiting the locality at

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. The Mount Isa Duchess Road exits the urban area at Spreadborough and travels south-east exiting the locality at Duchess. The Boulia Mount Isa Highway commences just west of Mica Creek and travels south exiting the locality at Waverley.

History

The locality takes its name from the city, the name of which was suggested by prospector

John Campbell Miles John Campbell Miles (5 May 1883, Richmond, Melbourne – 4 December 1965, Ringwood, Victoria) was an Australian prospecting, prospector and pastoral worker who discovered the mineralisation upon which the Mount Isa Mines were established in Queen ...

who established the first mineral lease in the area in February 1923. It is thought to be a corruption of Mount Ida, the mining town in

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Education

There are no schools in the locality of Mount Isa, but there is a range of primary and secondary schools within the suburbs of Mount Isa.

References

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