{{Infobox Australian Place | type = city | name = Mount Isa | state = Queensland | image = QLDL-MountIsa.png | caption = location of Mount Isa | Money = 24,000 | poprank = | density = 0.5 | est = 1923 | area = 42904 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10 | dist1 = 1830 | location1 = Brisbane, Queensland | dist2 = 904 | location2 = Townsville, Queensland | mintemp = 17.3 | maxtemp = 31.8 | rainfall = 454.3 | People: 6,800 {{ Time Zone is also a historical computer game. ...

Mount Isa is a city in North-West Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because the area holds vast mineral deposits. Mount Isa Mines is one of the most productive single mine in world history – based on combined production of lead, silver, copper and zinc.^{[citation needed]} MIM is one of the largest producers of zinc, lead and silver and holds one of the world's largest underground mines. Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd... The Mount Isa copper, lead zinc and silver mines near Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia are part of the Xstrata mining company. ... General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series Post-transition metals or poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish gray Standard atomic weight 207. ... This article is about the chemical element. ... For other uses, see Copper (disambiguation). ... General Name, symbol, number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, period, block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Standard atomic weight 65. ...

With a population climbing towards 24,000 in the city ^[1] and 35,500^{[citation needed]} in the district, Mount Isa is the administrative, commercial and industrial centre for the state's vast north-western region. Although situated in an arid area, the artificial Lake Moondarra 19km north of the city provides both drinking water and an area for watersports, birdwatching and recreation. Locals often refer to Mount Isa as 'The Isa'. Lake Moondarra is an artificial lake on the Leichhardt River 16 km downstream from the town of Mount Isa. ...

History

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The city came into existence soon after 1923 when Lone Prospector John Campbell Miles discovered a rich seam of silver-lead, the western edge of the Cloncurry field. Named after the Mount Ida goldfields in Western Australia, mining operations began there a year later. In 1964, the town made national headlines after the events leading to the infamous 1964 Mount Isa strike. Mount Isa was proclaimed a city in 1968 when the population has reached 18,000. The city and surrounds grew in front and around the mine to the point that by 1972, 34,000 people resided in the town. The population dropped steadily for the next three decades until a mining boom occurred. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Two sacred mountains are called Mount Ida in Greek mythology, equally named Mount of the Goddess. ...

Local Governance

The Mount Isa City Council administers an area of 42 904 km², and the town of Camooweal, located 188 km to the west, is in fact a 'suburb' of the city. Mount Isa once laid claim to being the largest city in the world by area, with a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records, even though the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia and the direct-controlled municipality of Chongqing in China are considerably larger. Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia Mount Isa is a city and Local Government Area located in north-western Queensland, Australia. ... Camooweal is a small town in north western Queensland, Australia, located 188 kilometres north west of the city of Mount Isa, and 12 kilometres east of the Northern Territory border. ... The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ... Kalgoorlie (30°45′ S 121°27′ E) is a large Western Australian mining town located about 600 km east of Perth. ... Direct-controlled municipalities are the highest-level cities in China, with status equal to that of the provinces. ... Chongqing (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Postal map spelling: Chungking; Wade-Giles: Chung-ching) is the largest and most populous of the Peoples Republic of Chinas four provincial-level municipalities, and the only one in the less densely populated western half of China. ...

Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

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Local Industry

Mount Isa's industry is largely dependent on mining. Xstrata Plc operates the Mount Isa Mines lease adjacent to the town, which comprises the "Enterprise" underground copper mine, X41 underground copper mine, "Black Star Open Cut" silver-lead zinc mine, and metallurgical processing facilities. Silver-lead-zinc ore is also mined 20 km to the north at Hilton from the "George Fisher" underground mine, and the adjoining "Handlebar Hill" open cut, which is trucked back to Mount Isa for processing. Xstrata plc is an international mining company. ... The Mount Isa copper, lead zinc and silver mines near Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia are part of the Xstrata mining company. ...

Mount Isa is in the top two of largest copper mining and smelting operations in the country. ^[2] Copper and lead are smelted on site, with anodes and zinc concentrate being transported 900 km to the city and port of Townsville on the east coast. The lead ingots are transported to a refinery in Britain where the silver is extracted. The mine is the most significant landmark in the area, with the stack from the lead smelter (built 1978), standing 270 m tall, visible from all parts of the city and up to 40 km out.^{[citation needed]} “km” redirects here. ... ‎ The Strand CBD from Museum of Tropical Queensland, features Castle Hill in background Townsville (Postcodes: 4810-4819) is an urban centre on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... Look up Stack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Culture

The local theatre group, the Mount Isa Theatrical Society, often holds plays and musicals. Also the Mount Isa Friends of the Theatre holds a musical every two years. Mount Isa also has a string orchestra and a concert band.

Cricket, rugby, league and tennis are the most common sports but BMX, shooting, dancing and ten-pin bowling are also present. A BMX race. ... Skeet shooting is one of the two major types of competitive shotgun shooting at clay targets (the other is Trap shooting). ... the sport of cricket|Bowling (cricket)}} For other uses, see Bowling (disambiguation). ...

Mount Isa also has a cinema complex, situated in the CBD, that contains three air-conditioned cinemas, a skate park/aquatic centre and a multi-purpose sporting complex for basketball and other indoor sports. Mount Isa's events complex, Buchanan Park, opened in May 2007, can hold up to 6000 people and is used for special events such as concerts and expos. It is also the new home for the city's annual show and rodeo The city is known for its annualrodeo and Mardi Gras street parade every August. There is also an annual Multicultural Festival in early September. A typical megaplex (AMC Rolling Hills 20 in Rolling Hills Estates, California). ... A skate park is a recreational area where skateboarders, inline skaters, and bicyclists can perform tricks. ... This article is about the sport. ... For other uses, see Rodeo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Mardi Gras (disambiguation). ...

In August 2007, Mount Isa made an appearance on Andrew Denton's Enough Rope television show, as an 'on the road' special. Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (or simply Enough Rope) is a television talk show broadcast on the ABC network in Australia. ...

Famous People from Mount Isa

• William Barton, Didgeridoo player
• Simon Black, Australian rules footballer
• Gerard Denton, cricketer
• Simmone Jade Mackinnon, actress
• Deborah Mailman, actress
• Pat Mackie, union leader (1964/5 dispute)
• Gene Miles, rugby league player
• Greg Norman, golfer
• Scott Prince, rugby league player
• Pat Rafter, tennis player
• Carl Webb, rugby league player
• John White, squash player
• William Sweetenham, Olympic Swimming Coach. Formerly Australia, Hong Kong and now UK.
• Douglas Rees Laing, International agricultural scientist
• Richard De Chazal, international fashion designer and photographer ^[3][4]

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Demographics

Mount Isa City (including Camooweal) has a estimated population of about 23,900 housed in approximately 8,968 dwellings. The population of the surrounding districts, which includes Cloncurry, Julia Creek and the Gulf is approximately 34,675.

Media

Radio

• 4LM 666 (commercial)
• Hot FM 102.5 (commercial)
• MOB FM 100.9 (commercial)
• ABC North-West Queensland 106.5FM
• Triple J Australia
• Radio Rhema

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Television

• Southern Cross Seven
• Imparja
• SBS
• ABC
• Austar

Newspapers

• The North West Star - printed daily Mon-Fri
• The Courier Mail - Mon-Sat
• Sunday Mail - Sun

Suburbs

Mount Isa City has fifteen residential suburbs and four industrial-bushland suburbs. The Leichhardt River divides the city into areas known as "mineside" and "townside". Xstrata, the power station and the Airport are on the mineside whilst the majority of the city, including the CBDand Base Hospital are on the townside. In recent years, with the mining boom and demand for accommodation and land causing a population increase, the city has began to spread out, with new suburbs in the south-east and north of the city in the pipeline. It is hoped these expansions will cater for a 40,000 plus population in the next ten-twenty years. The Central Business District of Sydney, Australia. ...

• Happy Valley (mineside)
• Mica Creek (mineside) - includes Mica Creek Powerhouse
• Healy (townside)
• Healy Heights (townside) - residential suburb currently under construction
• Townview (townside)
• Parkside (mineside) - Mount Isa's first and largest suburb.
• Mornington (townside)
• The Gap (townside)
• Mount Isa City (townside) - includes main shopping centres and eateries
• Mount Isa East (townside) - has own post office and shopping centres
• Miles End (mineside)
• Menzies (townside) - includes Buchanan Park events complex.
• Pioneer (townside) - includes TAFE campus and ten-pin bowling complex
• Leichhardt (mineside)
• Soldiers Hill (mineside) - all streets and parks named after war locations and soldiers
• Sunset (townside)
• Winston (townside)
• Ryan (townside) - mostly industrial, includes army and State Emergency Service barracks
• Kalkadoon (mineside) - includes airport and Kalkadoon Park
• Lanskey (townside)
• Spreadborough (townside) - drag racing track, speedway. Mostly bushland and light industry.
• Breakaway Creek(townside) - east of the main city, first when you drive in.

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Transport

Mount Isa city and surrounds are serviced by a taxi service. Also, a taxi service known as "Isa-Curry" express transports passengers to and from the neighbouring centre of Cloncurry to Mt Isa and back again, usually for shopping and medical requirements. Additionally, many of the city's clubs have courtesy buses to and from their establishments that run seven days a week and into the early hours of the morning. Greyhound Australia has a depot in Mt Isa, with coach services to and from Townsville, Brisbane and Tennant Creek. For specific countries see Taxicabs around the world. ... Logo. ... Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. ...

The city is served by QR passenger train The Inlander, which travels overnight to Townsville twice a week in each direction. The train offers twinette, roomette, triple bunk and coach accommodations, and has a club car for movies and food. Wickham Terrace entrance to Central Station - showing Queensland Rail QR sign QR, previously known as Queensland Rail and Queensland Railways, is the corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the railway system in the State of Queensland, Australia. ...

Mount Isa Airport has regular daily services to Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns, with other services to many remote Outback communities in western Queensland. The primary carriers which service Mt Isa are Qantas, and Macair Airlines Mount Isa Airport (IATA: ISA, ICAO: YBMA) is the main airport that serves the Western Queensland city of Mt Isa. ... This article is about the Australian city. ... Cairns redirects here. ... For other uses, see Outback (disambiguation). ... Qantas Airways Limited (IPA: ) is the national airline of Australia. ... Macair Airlines is a Queensland regional airline based in Australia with services throughout Queensland, having 32 routes across the region. ...

Education

Mount Isa has eight public primary schools and three private primary schools:

• Happy Valley State School
• Healy State School
• Townview State School
• Barkly Highway State School
• Central State School
• Sunset State School
• Mount Isa School of Distance Education
• Mount Isa Special School
• St Kieren's (private)
• St Josephs (private)
• Mount Isa Christian College (private)

And three high schools:

• Good Shepherd Catholic College (private)
• Mount Isa School of Distance Education (to grade ten)
• Spinifex State College (three campuses)

The residential campus of Spinifex College is unique in the fact that it is the only State-run boarding-type school in Queensland. Mount Isa is also home to School of the Air, a unique way of schooling isolated students in this vast section of the country. The city also holds the main campus of the Mount Isa Institute of TAFE offering courses in a multiple range of fields, including mining, agriculture and trades. In addition, James Cook University has a presence, with the Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health in the Base Hospital complex. Spinifex State College Spinifex College, located in Mount Isa, in north west Queensland, Australia first opened its doors in 2003. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In Australia, Technical and Further Education or TAFE institutions are those which offer a wide range of post-secondary education and training, generally in vocational fields (such as hospitality, tourism, construction, woodwork, secretarial skills, community work, etc), often at a level of difficulty below that of a corresponding or related... James Cook University (JCU) is a university based in Townsville, Queensland, Australia and was founded in 1970 as the first tertiary education institution in North Queensland (although the first may have been the local TAFE college instead). ...

Climate

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See also

• List of cities by surface area

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References

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External links

• Mount Isa Theatrical Society
• Climate statistics for Australian locations

Coordinates: 20°44′S, 139°30′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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