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Hodgkinson Minerals Area
The Hodgkinson Mineral Area was a mining area near the Hodgkinson River about west of Cairns, in the present-day Shire of Mareeba in Queensland, Australia. It was the site of a gold rush in the 1870s. History Prospector James Venture Mulligan discovered gold in the Hodgkinson River area in 1876. Mines were established and many towns developed: * Beaconsfield () * Glen Mowbray * Kingsborough * Merton * Northcote * Tinaroo * Great Western * Hodgkinson * Woodville * Wellesley * Union Town * New Northcote * Mount Mulligan * Montmunro * MacLeodsville * Littleton * Kingston * Stewartown * Thornborough * Tyrconnel * Watsonsville (not to be confused with Watsonville near Herberton) Many miners relocated from the Palmer River goldfields to the Hodgkinson field. As the Hodgkinson field was too far from the port at Cooktown, a new port was established at Cairns. However, it was a very steep trip up through the Barron Gorge to reach Cairns and so explorer Christy Palmerston succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodgkinson River (Queensland)
Hodgkinson is an English-language surname. Notable people with the name include: *Alan Hodgkinson (1936–2015), English footballer * Albert Hodgkinson (1897–1975), English recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal * Alison Hodgkinson, South African cricketer * Antony Hodgkinson, English drummer *Bert Hodgkinson (1884–1939), Welsh international footballer * Bert Hodgkinson (footballer, born 1903), English footballer *Charles Hodgkinson, English footballer *Clement Hodgkinson, English naturalist *Colin Hodgkinson, British musician *Debby Hodgkinson, Australian rugby union player *Del Hodgkinson, English professional rugby league footballer * Derek Hodgkinson, British World War II pilot *Eaton Hodgkinson, English engineer * Frances Brett Hodgkinson (1771–1803), American theater actress * Frank Hodgkinson, Australian artist * George Langton Hodgkinson, English priest and cricketer * Gerard Hodgkinson, English cricketer * Gilbert Hodgkinson, English cricketer * Greta Hodgkinson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairns
Cairns (; ) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the , Cairns had a population of 153,181 people. The city was founded in 1876 and named after William Cairns, Sir William Wellington Cairns, following the discovery of gold in the Hodgkinson Minerals Area, Hodgkinson River. During World War II, the city became a staging ground for the Allies of World War II, Allied Forces in the Battle of the Coral Sea. By the late 20th century the city had become a centre of international tourism. In the early 21st century, it has developed into a major regional city. The economy of Cairns is based primarily on tourism, healthcare and education, along with a major capacity in aviation, marine and defence industries. The city has a Gross regional domestic product, gross regional product at about $12.2 billion as of 2024. The city is served by Cairns Airport, Cairns International Airport, the List of the busiest airpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Mareeba
The Shire of Mareeba is a Local government in Australia, local government area at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, inland from Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. The shire, administered from the town of Mareeba, Queensland, Mareeba, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with several councils in the Atherton Tableland area to become the Tablelands Region. On 20 March 2013, Mareeba residents voted in favour of a proposal to reverse the amalgamation and to re-establish Mareeba Shire. The new Mareeba Shire was re-established on 1 January 2014. In the , the Shire of Mareeba had a population of 22,858 people. History The Woothakata Division, based in the mining town of Thornborough, Queensland, Thornborough on the Hodgkinson Minerals Area, Hodgkinson goldfield, was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1836 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Rush
A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, Greece, New Zealand, Brazil, Chile, South Africa, the United States, and Canada while smaller gold rushes took place elsewhere. In the 19th century, the wealth that resulted was distributed widely because of reduced migration costs and low barriers to entry. While gold mining itself proved unprofitable for most diggers and mine owners, some people made large fortunes, and merchants and transportation facilities made large profits. The resulting increase in the world's gold supply stimulated global trade and investment. Historians have written extensively about the mass migration, trade, colonization, and environmental history associated with gold rushes. Gold rushes were typically marked by a general buoyant feeling of a "free-for-al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Venture Mulligan
James Venture Mulligan (13 February 1837 – 24 August 1907) was an Ireland-born Australian prospector and explorer. Early life Mulligan was born in Drumgooland, County Down and emigrated to Australia at the age of 21 in 1860. He settled at Armidale in the British colony of New South Wales where he became a butcher and a publican. While residing there, Mulligan became involved in gold prospecting at the nearby Rocky River diggings. Prospecting in Queensland In 1867, Mulligan ventured north to the colony of Queensland to further pursue aspirations of fortune from gold diggings. After mediocre success at Gympie, Mulligan went to the Etheridge goldfields in the early 1870s. From there he later led a group to find payable gold on the Palmer River in Far North Queensland which had been reported by William Hann. On 30 June 1873, despite the local Aboriginal people attempting to burn down their tents, the group returned with 102 ounces of payable gold. Mulligan reported his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsborough, Queensland
Kingsborough is a small historic mining town in the locality of Thornborough in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. It was part of the Hodgkinson Minerals Area. History Kingston Post Office opened around 1876, was renamed Kingsborough in 1877 and closed in 1924. A Roman Catholic chapel opened in 1878. The Town of Kingsborough appears on a 1880 survey plan. Kingsborough State School opened circa 1882 and closed in 1924. Heritage listings Kingsborough has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * General Grant Mine, off Dimbulah-Mount Mulligan Road () * Kingsborough Battery, off Kingsborough-Thornborough Road (former East Street, ) * Tyrconnel Mine and Battery, Kingsborough-Thornborough Road () Education There are no schools in Kingsborough. The nearest government primary school is Dimbulah State School in Dimbulah to the south; the school also offers secondary schooling to Year 10. For secondary schooling to Year 12, the nearest government secondary sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornborough, Queensland
Thornborough is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Thornborough had a population of 21 people. The town rose to prominence in the 1870s as a gold mining town in the Hodgkinson Minerals Area. Today, there are very few buildings remaining in the town. Geography The town of Kingsborough, another former mining town, is located to the north-east of the town of Thornborough (). Beaconsfield is a neighbourhood within the east of the locality (). Thornborough has the following mountains: * Bulls Pinnacles in the east of the locality () * Mount Mcleod in the south-east of the locality () * Mount Roberts in the north-west of the locality () Mount Mulligan Road enters the locality from the south ( Dimbulah), passes the town of Thornborough to the south-east, and then exits to the north-west ( Mount Mulligan). The Thornborough Kingsborough Road commences from Mount Mulligan Road as it passes the town of Thornborough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watsonville, Queensland
Watsonville is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Watsonville had a population of 176 people. Geography Watsonville is south-west of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns via the Bruce Highway, Gillies Range Road, List of road routes in Queensland#25r, State Route 25 (bypassing Atherton, Queensland, Atherton) and the Herberton Petford Road. From further west it can be accessed from the Burke Developmental Road at Petford, Queensland, Petford. The locality is bounded to the east and south by the Great Dividing Range with a number of named peaks within the locality: * Cave Hill () * Lion Mountain () * Mount Empress () * Rocky Bluff () * Specimen Hill () * Wallum () * Western Hill () History Watsonville is a former mining town. The town was named after Robert H. Watson, a tin prospector, who discovered a local deposit on 19 February 1881. The town was surveyed by William J. White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herberton, Queensland
Herberton is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Herberton had a population of 895 people. Geography Herberton is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is situated high on the Great Dividing Range south-west of Atherton, Queensland, Atherton. Vegetation ranges from tropical rainforest to the east, wet sclerophyll forests to the north and east and open sclerophyll forests and woodlands to the north and west. The Atherton–Herberton Road enters from the north, and Longlands Gap–Herberton Road exits to the south. History The first European exploration of this area, part of the traditional land of the Dyirbal people, Dyirbal, was undertaken in 1875 by James Venture Mulligan. Mulligan was prospecting for gold, but instead found tin. The town of Herberton was established on 19 April 1880 by John Newell (Queensland politician), John Newell to exploit the tin fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873. Course and features The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in the Sussex Range, part of the Great Dividing Range southwest of Cooktown, Queensland, Cooktown. The river is formed by the confluence of the Prospect Creek and Campbell Creek, near Palmer River Roadhouse, south of Lakeland, Queensland, Lakeland. The Palmer River flows west across the Cape York Peninsula towards the Gulf of Carpentaria joined by 29 tributary, tributaries including the South Palmer River, Little Palmer River and North Palmer River, before reaching its confluence with the Mitchell River (Queensland), Mitchell River northeast of Staaten River National Park. The river descends over its watercourse, course and has a drainage basin, catchment area of . History Aboriginal history ''Yalanjic languages, Yalanji'' (also known as ''Kuku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooktown, Queensland
Cooktown is a coastal town and suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Cooktown is at the mouth of the Endeavour River, on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland where James Cook beached his ship, the ''HM Bark Endeavour, Endeavour'', for repairs in 1770. Both the town and Mount Cook (431 metres or 1,415 feet) which rises up behind the town were named after James Cook. Cooktown is one of the few large towns in the Cape York Peninsula and was founded on 25 October 1873 as a supply port for the goldfields along the Palmer River (Queensland), Palmer River.Pike (1979), p. 23.Holthouse, Hector (1967). ''River of Gold: The Wild Days of the Palmer River Gold Rush''. Angus & Robertson. Reprint 2002. HarperCollins ''Publishers'', Australia. ; pp. 27–28. It was called "Cook's Town" until 1 June 1874.Pike (1979), p. 26. In the , the locality of Cooktown had a population of 2,746 people. Geography Cooktown is located about no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barron Gorge, Queensland
Barron Gorge is a rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Barron Gorge had "no people or a very low population". Springs is a neighbourhood in the narrow centre part of the locality (). Geography Almost the entire area of the locality is undeveloped land within the Barron Gorge National Park which also extends into a number of neighbouring localities. The land rises from approximately 10 metres above sea level to the east of the locality up to a number of named peaks, including: * Red Peak, above sea level in the north of the locality (). * North Peak, in the middle of the locality () * Mount Williams, also known as Tokim Peak, in the south of the locality () * Red Bluff, a cliff () The name of the locality derives from the gorge created by the Barron River through the Macalister Range and the Lamb Range.The Cairns-to-Kuranda railway line provides the north-western boundary of the locality and also part of the south-eastern locality. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
