Dobbyn, Queensland
Town in Queensland, Australia
19°47′37″S 140°00′08″E / 19.7937°S 140.0022°E / -19.7937; 140.0022 (Dobbyn (town centre))- 133 km (83 mi) NNW of Cloncurry
- 155 km (96 mi) NE of Mount Isa
- 917 km (570 mi) W of Townsville
- 1,839 km (1,143 mi) NW of Brisbane
Dobbyn is a ghost town and former copper mine in the locality of Three Rivers, Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia.[1]
History
Dobbyn was the railhead for the Mount Cuthbert and Dobbyn railway lines.[2][3]
Dobbyn State School opened in 1918 and closed circa 1954.[4]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dobbyn, Queensland.
- ^ "Dobbyn – town in Shire of Cloncurry (entry 10238)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Four Mile Second series sheet 4m92" (Map). Queensland Government. 1950. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Dobbyn" (Map). Queensland Government. 1943. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
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Towns and localities in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland
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