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Mary Kathleen open cut mine (abandoned)
Mary Kathleen open cut aerial view
Experienced tour guides and purpose built vehicles
Entrance to Mary Kathleen
Derelict buildings

Old Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine Interpretive Tour (4 hrs approx)

By North West Tours
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Overview

Departing Cloncurry. This is a fully guided interpretive tour of the now abandoned Mary Kathleen uranium mine that was first discovered in 1954 and decommissioned in the early 80's

Activity location

  • Mary Kathleen
    • Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Cloncurry Tourist Information Centre
    • 34 Flinders Highway
    • 4824, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLight Afternoon Tea
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour does not accommodate infants
  • Children must be supervised at all times
  • Participants must be able to walk unaided
  • Participants must wear closed in walking shoes
  • Hat and sun cream are recommended
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Mary Kathleen
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Originally discovered in 1954 by Norm McConachy and Clem Walton, the Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine and Township were officially opened by Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia and Frank Nicklin, Premier of Queensland in October 1958. In its heyday, the township had a population of 1,000 people and was situated 6 km from the working mine. The township had all the essentials that a population of that size needed - a post office, school, cinema, banks, hospital, supermarkets, swimming pool, sports grounds orchards and more. The uranium in Mary Kathleen mine was exhausted by 1981 and it was subsequently closed. Today we can still see the concrete slabs where the original buildings stood, remnants of the town’s layout and the mine itself. And if we listen carefully we may hear the distant voices of the residents as they weave through the trees on the breeze.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMary Kathleen
    • Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECloncurry Tourist Information Centre
    • 34 Flinders Highway
    • 4824, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

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