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1840s - Explorers Ludwig Leichardt and Edmund Kennedy traversed the area. |
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1870s - Influx of miners to the Palmer and Hodgkinson goldfields, following the discovery of gold by pioneer, ~~ James Venture Mulligan. ~~ |
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1876 - Tyrconnell Gold Mine was established. It became one of the richest mines on the Hodgkinson. |
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1877 - Mareeba town settled by pastoralist ~~ John Atherton. ~~ |