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Cloncurry, in Wunumara country, is 343 kilometres northwest of Winton and 124 kilometres east of Mt Isa. Cloncurry owes much of its existence to the discovery of copper.
 

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Cloncurry History


The first Europeans in the area were Burke and Wills. In 1861, John McKinlay led an expedition in search for Burke and Wills. McKinlay reported traces of copper in the area and in 1867 Ernest Henry, a pastoralist discovered rich copper lodes, and it was decided the area was to become a settlement.
 

Royal Flying Doctor Memorial


In 1928, Cloncurry became a base for the Royal Flying Doctor.
 

Cloncurry Cemetery


Visit the cemeteries that reveal the early Chinese and Afghan inhabitants in Cloncurry.
 

Burke and Wills Monument


The 118 kilometres, 73.75 miles between Cloncurry, Mayi-Thakurti country, and Mt Isa, Kalkadoon country, is rough terrain where you will travel past a monument to colonial explorers Burke and Wills.
 

Mary Kathleen Memorial Park


About halfway between Mt Isa and Cloncurry is a plaque that marks Mary Kathleen - this began as a uranium mining town in 1956 but was dismantled in 1982 when export restrictions halted mining.
 

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