Mt Morgan Open Cut Gold Mine

The colour is caused by the sulphuric acid in the water from pyrites rocks. You can just see the 3 jets of water trying to evaporate some of the water to keep the level low enough to prevent it mixing with the town's water supply.

Mount Morgan Gold

July 24th 2014
Our Mount Morgan Tour was due to start at 10.30am at the Tourist Information Centre of the town so we were up and out quite quickly this morning. We arrived at the lovely mint green coloured Historic Railway Station Museum, which also housed the Info Centre, with about 10 minutes to spare – just enough time to take a few photos and have a look at some brochures. The tour minibus turned up soon a ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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