Mount Mulligan, Queensland
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Mount Mulligan was a mining town in northern Queensland, Australia, the site of Queensland's worst mining disaster.
It was a coal mining town from 1910 until 19 September 1921 when an underground explosion killed 75 miners (all the miners in the town). The mine closed, but reopened in 1923 and continued in production until 1957 when a hydro electric scheme eliminated the need for the coal.
The town was named after James Venture Mulligan, who discovered the site.
Nearby towns are Julatten, Mount Carbine and Mount Molloy.
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