Mount Molloy, Queensland
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Mount Molloy ( ) is a historic mining and timber town lying 160 kilometres north of Cairns.
At its height it was a copper mine in the 1890s. It was commonly used as camping grounds and Chinese market gardeners used to grow grain and other footstuffs for the miners nearby.
Mount Molloy was named after Patrick Molloy, an early teamster for a stock route and the person who discovered copper at what was to become Mount Molloy.
The dominant industry of Mount Molloy is now cattle grazing and consists of a few shops and an old hotel.
Nearby towns are Julatten, Mount Carbine and Mount Mulligan.
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