Mount Molloy

Mount Molloy is a rural town 50 km north-west of Cairns. It was named after Pat Molloy who discovered copper there, beside Rifle Creek, in 1885.

Further Reading: 

Agnes (Pearly) Little, Days gone by, Mareeba, Pinevale Publications, 1992

Ruth Kerr, John Moffat of Irvinebank: a biography of a regional entrepreneur, St Lucia, J.D. and R.S. Kerr, 2000

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