| 词条 | Mount Cuthbert, Queensland |
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| name = Mount Cuthbert | state = qld | image = SLQ MountCuthbert.jpg | caption = | lga = Shire of Cloncurry | postcode = 4824 | est = 1917 | coordinates = {{coord|19|59|22|S|139|55|7|E|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = Traeger | fedgov = Kennedy }}Mount Cuthbert is a former copper mining town in the locality of Three Rivers, Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is now a ghost town.[2] HistoryMount Cuthbert was one of a string of mining towns created in north-west Queensland (other examples being Duchess and Selwyn) by Melbourne investors eager to profit from high copper prices in the early 20th century. A railway had been opened to the town and copper smelters were operating by 1917, and by 1918 the population was recorded as 750 people. Some of the workers in Mount Cuthbert at the time were Russian and affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World.[3][4] A fall in the world price of copper in 1920 badly affected the local economy, and by 1921 only 267 people remained. By 1927 the settlement was a ghost town,[5] and the railway line was closed in 1949.[4] Mount Cuthbert Post Office opened by June 1910 (a receiving office had been open from 1908) and closed in 1927.[6] Heritage listingsThe township of Mount Cuthbert and its smelter is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[7] External links
References1. ^{{cite QPN|23008|Mount Cuthbert (town)|accessdate=13 September 2015}} {{Shire of Cloncurry}}2. ^{{cite journal|last=Fynes-Clinton|first=P. N.|title=Ghost towns of Queensland Part I : The Cloncurry Copperfield|journal=Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland|volume=8|issue=1|url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:212782/s00855804_1965_1966_8_1_144.pdf|year=1966|pages=144–154}} 3. ^{{cite journal|last=Windle|first=Kevin|title=Murder at Mount Cuthbert: A Russian Revolutionary describes Queensland life in 1915-1919|journal=Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association|issue=110|pages=53–71}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/mount-cuthbert|title=Queensland Places: Mount Cuthbert|publisher=University of Queensland|accessdate=4 January 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/heritage/documents/heritagemining_web.pdf|title=North Queensland's Mining Heritage Trails|publisher=Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland Government|page=21|accessdate=4 January 2014}} 6. ^{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | accessdate = 10 May 2014}} 7. ^{{cite QHR|16390|Mount Cuthbert Township and Smelter|601629|accessdate=7 July 2013}} 4 : Ghost towns in Queensland|1917 establishments in Australia|Populated places established in 1917|Three Rivers, Queensland |
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