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Lone Star Gap in the Conglomerate Range near the Wild Irish Girl Mine, Palmer Goldfield, c.1930. The photo captures the rugged landscape of the Palmer Goldfield where alluvial gold working transitioned to hard-rock reef mining in the late 1800s. The site is a significant remnant of the reef-mining period.

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State Library of Queensland, John Oxley Library

https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/

Source of the photograph, Negative No. 69263.

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Historical context regarding gold discovery and reef mining operations.

Parks and Forests - Department of Environment

https://www.des.qld.gov.au/

Access details and heritage regulations for the Palmer Goldfield Resources Reserve.

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Lone Star Gap near Wild Irish Girl Mine, Palmer Goldfield, c.1930

1930 • Lone Star Gap, Conglomerate Range, near Wild Irish Girl Mine, Palmer Goldfield, near Maytown, Far North Queensland

Explore the rugged Lone Star Gap near the Wild Irish Girl Mine in the Palmer Goldfield, Queensland, captured during the 1930 reef mining era of the region.

Two people standing in the rugged landscape of Lone Star Gap, near Wild Irish Girl Mine, c.1930.

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