Drummond Street, Clermont, Queensland 4721, Australia
Following the discovery of gold at Nelsonâ??s Gully in 1861, January 1862 saw the first rigging of camps alongside the prospectors on the gentle sloping banks of Hood's Lagoon. Within the year the settlement boasted a general store and around 30 diggings.
With essential needs met, the rush was on and by the end of 1863 over 1,000 miners were operating in local fields.
The town reserve ...
Wow! What it is to find a nugget! Clermont Detectors are three hours inland from Mackay and one hour from Emerald. Most people come to Clermont to stay through the winter in search of Gold with Metal Detectors. This climate is great with consistent fine weather of warm days and cool nights. Clermont is
unique in the fact that the shallow gold bearing ground covers thousands of hectares. Nine gen ...
Peaks Down Highway, Clermont, Queensland 4721, Australia
The Clermont Museum and Heritage Park was officially opened on the 22nd of October 1988 by one of Clermontâ??s most admired personalities, Mrs Win McTrusty.
The Museum and Heritage Park complex is the result of many years of hard work and lobbying by the Clermont and District Historical Society who saw a need to preserve the history of the district for future generations to enjoy.
In 19 ...
Rubyvale-Copperfield Road, Clermont, Queensland 4721, Australia
A single brick chimney, standing sentinel in the scrub, is now the only one remaining of the fourteen chimneys which once represented the Peak Downs Copper Mines Unlimited. The mine was the first to be worked commercially outside South Australia and also the first rich mine in Queensland.
In 1862, a 10 feet high wall of solid copper ore was discovered at Copperfield. Queensland's first copper m ...
Drummonds Street, Clermont, Queensland 4721, Australia
The Hoods Lagoon and Century Park are situated in the township of Clermont. The township of Clermont was established on the Northern Banks of the Hoods Lagoon in 1862, after the discovery of gold. A memorial plaque at the southern entrance of the Lagoons honours the victims of the 1916 devastating great flood that destroyed the entire business sector and 65 people perished. A marker on the tree de ...
Drummond Street, Clermont, Queensland 4721, Australia
In 1860/61 Messrs Hood, Gogg and Manning, who had purchased land on the Peak Downs, sent a party to build huts and yards on their property in readiness for the arrival of sheep. The party consisted of Mr Mingendie (in charge) and Nelson and McDonald.
They pitched their tents a short distance down stream from the junction of Sandy and Wolfang Creeks where fine iron bark was to be had for splitti ...
Theresa Creek Dam Road, Clermont, Queensland 4721, Australia
Theresa Creek Dam is located off the Peakvale Road approximately 22 kilometres from Clermont and was constructed in 1983 by the Blair Athol Coal Project to supply water for Clermont when the Blair Athol Coal Mine was developed. Covering an area of approximately 300 hectare, the dam provides a picturesque spot with picnic facilities available, coin operated barbecues, shaded tables and toilets. It ...
