Yunta and the outback that surrounds it was once dotted with small, short‑lived gold mining operations, many dating back to ...
In the baked centre of the Australian outback a once-thriving - and wild - opal mining town stands abandoned in the red dirt, four years after it was forcibly shut down. Mintabie is about 1120km north ...
The Queensland Government is proposing a major expansion of the Opalton Mayneside Restricted Area to revitalise opportunities ...
The Crisafulli Government proposed 155,000 hectare expansion to the Opalton-Mayneside Restriced Area. Consultation underway with opal miners and local ...