Queensland Religious Places



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(Weekly Times, 9 Jan 1937)

Cloncurry Mosque
Ghantown Cloncurry 4824
Islam
1895
timber corrugated iron
Demolished
Stevens, Tin Mosques and Ghantowns, 315-318; Weekly Times, 9 Jan 1937
1947
Demolished
Date approximate
In the 1890s, Cloncurry developed as a major centre for Afghan cameleers who transported goods for the pastoral and mining industries.
The Ghantown was located south of the Barkly Highway and on the western side of Cloncurry close to the junction of Anabranch and Coppermine Creesk.

Location (-20.705793, 140.484947)


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