Kingsborough Queensland | |
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Tyrconnell gold mine battery, between Kingsborough and Thornborough, Hodgkinson goldfield, 1936 | |
Coordinates | 16°55′25″S145°02′19″E / 16.9236°S 145.0386°E Coordinates: 16°55′25″S145°02′19″E / 16.9236°S 145.0386°E |
Postcode(s) | 4871 |
LGA(s) | Shire of Mareeba |
State electorate(s) | Cook |
Federal Division(s) | Kennedy |
Kingsborough is a small town in the locality of Thornborough in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. [1] It was part of the Hodgkinson Minerals Area.
Kingston Post Office opened around 1876, was renamed Kingsborough in 1877 and closed in 1924. [2]
Kingsborough has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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Kingsborough Battery is a heritage-listed mining building off the former East Street, Kingsborough, Thornborough, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1896 to 1990s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
General Grant Mine is a heritage-listed mine off Dimbulah - Mount Mulligan Road, Kingsborough, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1878 to the 1930s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Tyrconnel Mine and Battery is a heritage-listed gold mine between Kingsborough and Thornborough, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1876 to 1980s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.