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Camp Mountain Train Crash
Photographs supplied by Diane Watson
The cairn marks the site of the Camp Mountain train crash in 1947.
In 1947, a picnic train organised by the Customs and Excise Department crashed with the loss of sixteen lives. Three of the dead were children and thirty-eight people were injured. This was Queensland`s worst rail disaster.
Location
| Address: | McLean Road South, Camp Mountain, 4520 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.397126 Long: 152.895772 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Land Transport |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 05-May-1947 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 05-May-1947 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | October-1988 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThis cairn marks the site of the Camp Mountain Rail Crash
5th May 1947.
McLean Road follows the route of the railway line.
October, 1988.
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
