Place Names Register Extract
Lucy Mine
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Lucy Mine |
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| Type Designation | Mine |
| Place Id | 14650 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Historical |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 51' S (Decimal degrees -12.85) | |
| Longitude: 130° 49' E (Decimal degrees 130.8167) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Charlotte | |
| Local Government Area | |
| History/Origin | Named after Lucy McGinness (Alngindabu) (1874-1961) who with her husband Stephen McGinness took up a tin mining lease over the area where Lucy found the ore, in 1906. The family continued working the lease at various times until the 1960s. Ref: Australian Dictionary of Biography - Onliner edition - Alngindabu |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| (None Found) |