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The Leap Hotel Motel, via Mackay, (During years 1866-1867 particularly bad frontier conflict, a local Aboriginal woman with a baby in her arm threw herself off Mt Mandarana, she died but the baby survived. Since then, known as The Leap)

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postcard
Headwords: 
Mackay
Year Created: 
c1970-2000
Contributor: 
Murray Views Collection

The modern coal terminal at Hay Point built in 1970, 18 kilometres south of Mackay is now the largest export coal complex in the world. Coal is mined in the Bowen Basin to the south-west and exported around the world through Hay Point

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postcard
Headwords: 
Hay Point
Year Created: 
c1970-2000
Contributor: 
Murray Views Collection

The Northern Beaches, Mackay, the Northern Beaches are a few minutes drive from Mackay, and feature beautiful beach resorts and camping facilities at Eimeo, Bucasia - Blacks Beach and Dolphin Heads

Genre: 
postcard
Headwords: 
Bucasia
Year Created: 
c1970-2000
Contributor: 
Murray Views Collection

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