Mareeba
Granite Creek
First known as Abbot Creek, now called Mareeba, said to mean meeting of
the waters. On the Atherton Tableland.
Aplin, Graeme, Foster, S.G., Mckernan, Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.326.
Abbot Creek
Later known as Granite Creek, now called Mareeba, on the Atherton Tableland.
Australians Events and Places, Sydney, 1987, p.326.
Arbouin
Initially called Klondyke, this forgotten copper -mining town was surveyed in 1910 at 17°03' 144°06' about 140 km west of Mareeba.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.181.
Cardross
A forgotten mining town surveyed in 1913. The name survives in a near by homestead. Situated at 17°02′ 144°07′about 140 km west of Mareeba.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.187.
Girofla
Named after a musical comedy, it was changed to Mungana, about 110 km west of Mareeba.
Bolton, G.C., A Thousand miles away : a history of north Queensland to 1920, Brisbane, 1963, p.279.
Groganville
Named after Patrick Grogan who opened a butcher's shop in this forgotten
gold mining town surveyed in 1889 at 16°24' 144°19' about 125km east
of Port Douglas. The name is still used for a local plantation.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.101.
Redcap
First called Redbank, this forgotten silver and copper mining town was
surveyed in 1899 at 17°05' 144°25', about 150km west of Cairns.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.199.
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