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Cloncurry is a town situated in the north-west of Queensland, Australia, 770 kilometres west of the city of Townsville via the Flinders Highway. The town lies adjacent to the Cloncurry River. It is the administrative centre of the Cloncurry Shire. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 2,384. Cattle grazing is the significant industry in the region, and a large sale yards is located in the town. Cloncurry is known as the ''Friendly Heart of the Great North West''.〔 The population in Cloncurry decreased from 3,898 in 1996 to 2,900 in 2002.〔(Community Research Report - Cloncurry (QLD) Introduction ) (20 September 2002)〕 Cloncurry will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2017. ==History== The first Europeans to traverse the area were Burke and Wills on their epic, and ultimately fatal, transcontinental expedition. The Cloncurry River was named by Burke after Lady Elizabeth Cloncurry, his cousin, with the town eventually taking its name from the river. Ernest Henry discovered copper in the area in 1867,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au/ )〕 and the town sprang up to service the Great Australia Mine to the south. Roger Sheaffe established the first pastoral run in the Cloncurry district - "Fort Constantine". Gold was discovered at Top Camp.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://prophetau.com/alluvialreport/mountisa.html )〕 The town was surveyed in 1876. Cloncurry was proclaimed a town in 1884. ''The Cloncurry Advocate'' was a newspaper published in Cloncurry between 1889 and 1953.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1196317 )〕 Queensland's Northern Line railway reached Cloncurry in December 1907〔 and was officially opened the next year. In 1914 a fire broke out in the town resulting in the destruction of the Post Office, the hotel, eleven shops, two store-rooms and a cottage. The telegraph office was saved by employees who kept the office damp and protected with wet blankets. One man died in the blaze which cost an estimated £15,000. The discovery of uranium at Mary Kathleen brought wealth to the community in the 1950s.〔 Until the development of Mount Isa in the 1960s, Cloncurry was the administrative centre of the region.〔 The first ever flight of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia took place from Cloncurry on 15 May 1928, using a de Havilland DH.50 aircraft hired from the then small airline, Qantas. A Royal Flying Doctor Service museum is situated in the town. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cloncurry, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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