Dimbulah (Dimbulah)
Dimbulah is a town and locality in Far North Queensland, Australia, 114 km from Cairns by road, on the Atherton Tableland. It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region). In the, the locality of Dimbulah had a population of 1,050 people.
Dimbulah is approximately 100 km south-west of Cairns. The town was established near the Walsh River as a watering point for trains servicing the Hodgkinson goldfields to the north-west along with the former mining town of Wolfram which is also located to the north-west of the locality. There are historical ruins of early mining there as well as a present-day open cut mine.
The Tablelands railway line passes through the locality which is served by the following railway stations (from north to south):
* Chircan railway station, now abandoned (-17.1323°N, 145.1331°W)
* Dimbulah railway station (-17.1496°N, 145.1112°W)
* Leafgold railway station, now abandoned (-17.1799°N, 145.072°W)
* Carbonate Creek railway station, now abandoned (-17.2016°N, 145.0736°W)
* Solanum railway station, now abandoned (-17.2207°N, 145.0747°W)
* Boonmoo railway station (-17.2456°N, 145.0734°W)
* Verdure railway station, now abandoned (-17.2752°N, 145.0017°W)
Dimbulah is approximately 100 km south-west of Cairns. The town was established near the Walsh River as a watering point for trains servicing the Hodgkinson goldfields to the north-west along with the former mining town of Wolfram which is also located to the north-west of the locality. There are historical ruins of early mining there as well as a present-day open cut mine.
The Tablelands railway line passes through the locality which is served by the following railway stations (from north to south):
* Chircan railway station, now abandoned (-17.1323°N, 145.1331°W)
* Dimbulah railway station (-17.1496°N, 145.1112°W)
* Leafgold railway station, now abandoned (-17.1799°N, 145.072°W)
* Carbonate Creek railway station, now abandoned (-17.2016°N, 145.0736°W)
* Solanum railway station, now abandoned (-17.2207°N, 145.0747°W)
* Boonmoo railway station (-17.2456°N, 145.0734°W)
* Verdure railway station, now abandoned (-17.2752°N, 145.0017°W)
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