Mt. Isa
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Ballara
This forgotten copper mining town was to have been called Ballarat but the board on which it was wriitten proved to be too small so the name abbreviated. It was surveyed in 1913 ad 20 °57' 139°58', about 55km south east of Mount Isa.
Hooper, Colin, Place names in Queensland, New Zealand and the Pacific, Sydney, 1944, p.237.
Bulonga
Also known as Corella, after the bird, and as Rosebud, after a nearby mine, this forgotten copper minining town was surveyed in 1914 at 20°51' 140°00', about 55km south east of Mount Isa.
Hooper, Colin, Place names in Queensland, New Zealand and the Pacific, Sydney, 1944, p.239.
Hightville
A forgotten copper mining town, named for its location on the top of a
ridge, it was surveyed in 1913 at 20°55′ 139°57′, about 50 km south east
of Mount Isa.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, .p.245.
Kalkadoon
Named after local Aborigines, this forgotten copper mining town was surveyed in 1915 at 19°58' 139°59, about 95km north east of Mount Isa.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.247.
Waggabundi
Frequently known as Mount Oxide, this forgotten copper mining town was surveyed in 1913 at 19°29' 139°23', about 160km north of Mount Isa.
Hooper, Colin, Angor to Zillmanton stories of North Queensland's deserted towns, Townsville, 1998, p.261.
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