Seventy Mile, Queensland
| Seventy Mile Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Gold mining town of Mount Leyshon, circa 1890 | |||||||||||||||
  Seventy Mile | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°37′08″S 146°35′00″E / 20.6188°S 146.5833°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 231 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.03433/km2 (0.08891/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4820 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6,729.1 km2 (2,598.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Charters Towers Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Traeger | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Seventy Mile is a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Seventy Mile had a population of 231 people.[1]
Geography
The former Mount Leyshon which was excavated as part of the Mount Leyshon gold mine was located in the north-west of the locality (20°16′59″S 146°16′00″E / 20.28306°S 146.26667°E).[3][4]
History
Mount Leyshon Provisional School opened circa 1890 and became Mount Leyshon State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1927 due to low attendances. It reopened in 1930 before finally closing circa 1931.[5]
The Mount Leyshon mine reopened as an open pit mine in 1987 and operated until 2002. During that time, it produced 2.5 million ounces of gold 2.3 million ounces of silver.[6]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Seventy Mile (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Seventy Mile – locality in Charters Towers Region (entry 44555)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Mount Leyshon – former mountain in Charters Towers Region (entry 19265)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "Business of the Company following the Demerger of Leyshon Energy". Leyshon Resources. 11 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
