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Mining Disaster Monument:
In 1996 on the 75th anniversary of the disaster a monument bearing the names of the official 75 victims was erected.
The monument is located in front of the brickstack, Mount Mulligan
Inscription:
This Memorial records the names of those killed at Mount Mulligan Mine
in the explosion of
September 19, 1921.
As listed by the Qld. Mines Dept.
It was erected on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the tragedy by the Mining and Energy Union
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Names of all deceased listed below
Other Information
Coal mining began in 1910 at Mount Mulligan and in 1914 a branch line from Dimbulah was established.
The town prospered until 19 September 1921 when an underground explosion killed 75 miners.
This accounted for every miner working in the mine and they are all buried in the local cemetery.
It was one of Australia`s worst mining disasters and is still the worst to have occurred in Queensland.
