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The coal mining history at Mount Mulligan dates back to 1910 with the old ruins standing where the town was once a hive of activity.
The mine has a haunting history and widely known as the site of Queensland’s worst mining disaster which took place in 1921. It closed in 1957 with families moving away but leaving remnants of the community that once lived there behind.
Guests of Mt Mulligan Lodge can enjoy a self-guided journey on ATV to the old town and mine site. They can stand at the original mine entrance and experience the fierce heat of the mountain on their faces and imagine what this would have been like for the many workers who worked down in the mines, day in and day out.
| No2 + caption | Entrance to the Mount Mulligan Coal Mine, 1921 | State Library of Queensland |
| No 2C + caption | Aug 1912 Entrance to the Number 3 tunnel into the Mount Mulligan Mine | State Library of Queensland |
| No2D + caption | Coal pit at Mount Mulligan_ Entrance to the coal pit adjacent to the escarpment._ August 1912 | State Library of Queensland |
| No2E + caption | Coal tipler and screen at Mount Mulligan Colliery, ca. 1917 | State Library of Queensland |
| PHOTO NAME | CAPTION | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|
| No3 +caption | Mount Mulligan coal mine disaster of 1921_The cable drums blown 50 ft. from their foundations. | State Library of Queensland |
| No3A + caption | Sketch from the Worker after the Mount Mulligan mining disaster 1921 | State Library of Queensland |
| No3D + caption | Power house and weighbridge on the Mount Mulligan Coal Mine's Tramway 1921 | State Library of Queensland |
| No4 + caption | Railway lines at MM ca. 1923 at right- large timber construction, possibly for storing& loading minerals into trains | State Library of Queensland |
| No4A + caption | Mount Mulligan viewed from the railway line, ca. 1923 | State Library of Queensland |
| No5 + caption | Township of Mount Mulligan at the foot of the mountain, ca. 1923 |
| No5A + caption | Mulligan ca. 1923 |
| PHOTO NAME | CAPTION |
|---|---|
| No6 + caption | Town of Mt Mulligan with train and 1st hotel |
| No6A + caption | Looking towards the old coal tippler |
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