Original Location Dedicated 29th May 1954
      L to R The late D.A. O'Brien Sec. Royal Geographic Society of Aust.,
               Cr. C. Davies, Chairman Mareeba Shire and Glenville Pike.

Current Location Anthill Park

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  The James Venture Mulligan Monument:
  Originally located on the Tinaroo Creek Road turnoff on the southern side of the Mareeba to Cairns Road.
• Current location is in Anthill Park in front of the Mareeba Heritage Museum and Tourist Information Centre.


• Plaque Inscription:

• In Memory of James Venture Mulligan Prospector and Explorer 1837-1907 Leader of eight expeditions through this district. Discovered payable gold on the Palmer River, September 1873. And on Hodgkinson, March 10, 1876. Discovered Barron River when he and party passed hereabouts. May 26, 1875 Died at Mt Molloy, Aug 24, 1907 Unveiled by C.L. Davies esq. Chairman Mareeba Shire,  May 25, 1954.

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• In a distortion of history the monument was moved to its current location at Anthill Park when in fact Mulligan was never on the western side of the Barron River at this point.