Down the Mine

We had to dress in these very bright paper overalls, hard hats and steel capped rubber boots to go down the replica copper mine.

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Down the Hard Times Mine

August 19th 2014
We were up at 7am to make sure we could pack up and get down to the Information Centre for our tour of the Hard Times Mine at 8.45am. While we waited to start the tour I had a good look at the lovely murals in the foyer, painted by Rowena Paine Murphy. I especially liked the one of the Devil’s Marbles. We were met by our guide, an Aboriginal miner named Joe, who took us through part of th ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Mount Isa

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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