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Now a disused mining camp south of Sandfire
roadhouse. DO NOT RELY ON IT FOR SUPPLIES – old maps still show it as a petrol
stop – IT IS NOT!
At one time the population hovered around 1000 people. Like
Goldsworthy 75km west, once the mining stopped
the town closed down and everything was carted away. It has to make you wonder
what the fate of other mining towns will be once the mines close for good.
The name originated with R. Shea a pearler at 80 Mile Beach who with his partner
S. Miller was speared to death by local Aborigines in 1873. The mining town did
not originate until 1970.
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