Clermont (Queensland)

Clermont is a small town, Queensland is located in the Isaac region in Australia. It is located 274 km southwest of Mackay at the junction of the Gregory Highway and Peak Downs Highway.

History

Ludwig Leichhardt was the first European who came through this area in 1845. As 1861 gold was discovered in the region, was this place that was in 1864 appointed to the city. Clermont was named after the French city of Clermont -Ferrand. In the 1880s, lived in the town of about 4,000 Chinese who mined gold and copper IMAC. Because of racist sentiments they were expelled from the region in 1888.

A railway line for transport over Emerald Clermont reached in February 1884.

During the shearers' strikes of 1891 400 soldiers were ordered by the colonial government of Queensland in the place to the striking shearers who were unionized to separate from the scabs.

The place was frequently flooded, especially in the years between 1864 and 1896. The largest flood on December 28, 1916 resulted in the deaths of 65 people in a population of the town of 1500. According to this flood the houses of wood were transported to a higher ground.

Today

The place has its right to exist by the coal mining industry in a big way and by agriculture. Despite the small population, there are several golf courses, a swimming pool, some rugby teams and other sports activities, all supported by the local mining company to do the work there to make more attractive.

In Clermont Museum artifacts and historical machines are exhibited. In the cemetery of Clermont, which lies on the banks of Sandy Creek, are the graves of the flood victims. Tours of a coal mine at Blair Athol offered for tourists.