Chillagoe, Queensland

Chillagoe is a small town in the northeast of the Australian state of Queensland. It was once a prosperous mining settlement in whose neighborhood different minerals have been removed. Today there are only a small zinc mine and some marble quarries. At the 2006 census, 227 inhabitants were counted.

South and north of the city on the Burke Developmental Road is the Chillagoe - Mungana Caves National Park. In the area around Chillagoe and Mungana there are caves 600-1000. These caves, the spectacular karst landscape and the history of the mining industry are the main tourist attractions in the area.

The leading geology professor Ian Plimer has determined that the area around Chillagoe has the greatest geological Diversivität from all areas of the world.

History

Chillagoe was named in 1888 by William Atherton. He came from a shanty chorus: " Hikey, Tikey, psyche, Crikey, Chillagoe, Walabadorie ". James Mulligan explored the area in 1873 and Atherton confirmed his report on rich copper deposits in this area. Mining pioneer John Moffat sent in 1888 prospectors in the copper box and soon received the monopoly for its degradation. A registration authority opened in 1891 (W. Atherton was the registration officials ), but closed again in 1893. 1900 a post office was opened and F. Donner was the Post Office engineers. The railway in the Chillagoe Railway and Mining Company resulted from Mareeba 1901 and 27 October 1910, a settlement area has been designated for the city.

At Chillagoe is remembered also for his involvement in the Mungana affair, a mining scandal that led to the overthrow of the government. In 1919, the state of Queensland after changeable success of the previous owner and a number of closures owner of the furnaces. This carried out by the Labor government purchase brought on corruption rumors that held for years. End of the 1920s, the furnace works were affected by closures again. When the Australian Labor Party in 1929 had to give the government power, the new government established a Royal Commission, which investigated the events. The political careers of two former Prime Ministers of Queensland, Ted Theodore and McCormack were ruined by the Commission's report.

Woothakata is an estate on the beautiful Chillagoe Creek, which was named after the former Shire of northern table-land to the Chillagoe once belonged. , Woothakata 'is a Aborigineswort that describes the way in which the Aborigines once after Ngarrabullgan / Mount Mulligan, an important gathering place, traveling.