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Rehabilitating legacy mining into public assets

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Coal, Energy, Gold.

Monash University researchers have built a database of more than 80,000 inactive and unused Australian mine sites in a project that highlights their positive potential.

With some ingenuity and investment, these sites could go from being liabilities to assets, said Associate Professor of Resources Engineering Mohan Yellishetty.

Professor Yellishetty and his international research team created an Australian-first geospatial database of all known active and inactive hard rock mine sites across the country.Their database included 3536 Queensland mines and quarries, including 711 active sites, 104 under care and maintenance, 394 designated as heritage sites, and 2820 mines and. . .

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Parmi-led recovery for Outback venues

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Gold.

How good are Outback parmis? Good enough to have their own Facebook page, for a start.

The Mount Isa Tourism Association has developed an initiative to get people out and about to support the pubs, clubs, roadhouses and cafes of North West Queensland.

The group is encouraging the region's residents to travel to their next town, or further, in the quest to sample the very best parmigianas the region plates up.

Then it is a simple matter of taking a selfie with their parmi and sharing on the dedicated Outback Pub Parmi Facebook page - . . .

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Redevelopment plans for John Flynn Place

Written by dev on . Posted in All News.

Cloncurry Shire Council is investigating a redevelopment of John Flynn Place Museum and Art Gallery to bring to life the story of 'the man on the $20 note'.

Council has approved in principle the concept designs and will proceed to preliminary design and costing including a preliminary business case.

“The year of Outback Queensland Tourism has highlighted our need for more local product," Mayor Greg Campbell said.

"In light of our recent natural disaster, we need tourism to step up as a major industry to add to our strong base in agriculture, mining and transport.”

Council adopted a tourism strategy. . .

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