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Selwyn's population peaked in 1918 with an estimated population of 1500 people with a hospital and four hotels. However, in 1920, copper prices collapsed and by 1921 only 191 people were still living in Selwyn.
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Elliott Provisional School opened on 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Mount Elliott State School. In 1912 it was renamed Selwyn State School. It closed circa 1936.
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from 1852 to 1869. It was formerly known as Mount
Elliott after the prospector James Elliott who discovered copper and gold in the area in 1889.
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Provisional School opened on 1924 and closed on 1926.
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occurs in the south-west of the locality at
Phosphate Hill (
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588:"Selwyn – locality in Shire of Cloncurry (entry 42494)"
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519:Australian Bureau of Statistics
350:Selwyn takes its name from the
176:161 km (100 mi) S of
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486:Phosphate Hill railway station
484:. The mine is serviced by the
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360:Geological Survey of Victoria
18:Town in Queensland, Australia
891:Towns and localities in the
803:www.chemicals-technology.com
718:Queensland Heritage Register
482:Phosphate Hill Power Station
426:Mount Elliott Mining Complex
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328:Mount Elliott Mining Complex
490:Phosphate Hill railway line
356:Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn
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368:On 15 December 1910 the
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592:Queensland Place Names
560:Queensland Place Names
527:2021 Census QuickStats
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596:Queensland Government
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306:is a rural town and
103:Selwyn (town centre)
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999:Towns in Queensland
460:21.8787°S 139.979°E
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370:Selwyn railway line
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532:28 February
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450:139°58′44″E
432:Present day
407:2021 census
400:2016 census
380:to Selwyn.
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137:Postcode(s)
121:2021 census
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82:140°30′07″E
69:Coordinates
993:Categories
897:Queensland
833:. May 2007
692:20 October
500:References
469: (
447:21°52′43″S
316:Queensland
278:Buckingham
116:Population
101: (
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30:Queensland
928:Four Ways
908:Cloncurry
438:phosphate
378:Cloncurry
288:Warburton
271:Middleton
184:Mount Isa
178:Cloncurry
164:UTC+10:00
155:Time zone
119:25 (
938:Kuridala
653:"Selwyn"
308:locality
256:McKinlay
251:Kuridala
190:Brisbane
171:Location
933:Kajabbi
923:Duchess
913:Dajarra
405:In the
398:In the
338:History
310:in the
283:Warenda
263:Dajarra
246:Duchess
228:Kennedy
216:Traeger
958:Selwyn
953:Quamby
943:Malbon
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267:Selwyn
199:LGA(s)
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