Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine

Mary Kathleen is a former uranium mining town that was first discovered in 1954 and decommissioned in 1982. Many of the houses and properties were sold and relocated to nearby towns such as Cloncurry and Mount Isa.

Right out in the middle of the desert, today you can still see the concrete slabs, kerbs, guttering, and a few foundations where the original buildings stood, remnants of the town's layout where it once stood.

The mine itself is a unique open-cut mine that descends into what I can only describe as the most iridescent blue color; it was very unusual and picturesque.Read more