Mount Isa reaches its century

MT ISA Mines, the economic lifeblood of the town of Mount Isa in northwest Queensland, is celebrating 100 years.

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Mt Isa country

Melbourne-based prospector John Campbell Miles started a mining rush in the remote town in 1923 when he kicked a dark, heavy rock while camping in the area to inadvertently discover rich deposits of