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Mount Morgan is a town located in central Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia
Australia

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. It is situated on the Dee River, 38 kilometres south of the city of Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
, and is 680 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
. The Burnett Highway
Burnett Highway

The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs generally north - south, from its junction with the Bruce Highway, just south of Rockhampton, Queensland, to Nanango, Queensland....
 passes through the town. The town has a population of approximately 3000 people.






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Mount Morgan is a town located in central Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is situated on the Dee River, 38 kilometres south of the city of Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
, and is 680 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
. The Burnett Highway
Burnett Highway

The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs generally north - south, from its junction with the Bruce Highway, just south of Rockhampton, Queensland, to Nanango, Queensland....
 passes through the town. The town has a population of approximately 3000 people. The town was the administrative centre of the Mount Morgan Shire
Shire of Mount Morgan

The Shire of Mount Morgan was a Local Government Areas of Australia located in the Capricornia, Queensland region of Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, about south of the regional city of Rockhampton, Queensland....
 until March 2008, when it was amalgamated with neighbouring local government areas to form the Rockhampton Regional Council. It is also the site of Queensland's most polluted river (the Dee River).

Mount Morgan was founded as a gold mining town in 1882, and has over time produced gold, silver and copper. Among those making a fortune from this mine was William Knox D'Arcy
William Knox D'Arcy

The entrepreneur William Knox D'Arcy was one of the principal founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia ....
. D'Arcy used his fortune to finance oil exploration in Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
, which led to the formation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (now BP
BP

BP plc , is the third largest global energy corporation, a multinational corporation oil company with headquarters in London. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six "supermajors" ....
).

The mine finally closed in 1981, having produced vast quantities of gold during its lifetime. During the mining operation, most of the mountain was mined away, and the town now lies adjacent to a 300 m deep acid-water filled pit. Mining companies still prospect today in the area, and plans to extract further gold from tailings at the mine site are always under development. The Queensland Government, through its Department of Natural Resources Mines and Water have begun a rehabilitation project of the minesite.

Tourism plays a large part in the economy of the town today. A number of historic buildings still exist in the town, and tourists can take to the remains of the mine. The original rack railway
Rack railway

A cog railway, pens and rails railway, rack-and-pinion railway or rack railway is a railway with a toothed rack and pinion, usually between the running Rail tracks#railway rail....
 (Mt Morgan Rack Railway) from Rockhampton is long gone, and the town itself is no longer connected to the rail grid. There is a regular bus service between Rockhampton and Mt Morgan are provided by Young's Bus Service.

Mount Morgan is known to hold the Golden Mount Festival in the main street (pictured right) at the end of April or the start of May as part of the Labour Day holiday. The festival usually starts on a Friday and finishes the next Monday. The Morgan Street is closed to vehicles during Saturday of the Festival for the day for markets and activities such as floats and "Running the Cutter" races.

Notable people from Mount Morgan

  • Alma Moodie
    Alma Moodie

    Alma Templeton Moodie was an Australian violinist who established an excellent reputation in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. She was regarded as the foremost female violinist during the inter-war years, and she premiered violin concertos by Kurt Atterberg, Hans Pfitzner and Ernst Krenek....
    , German-based concert violinist and teacher


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