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25.01.2022 Central Queensland mourns a year of workplace fatalities ... #coal #mine #disasters #deaths MOURA Miners' Memorial Moura Community Progress Inc Queensland Resou...rces Council Moura Coal Mining Pty Limited Tribute To Those Lost In the Mount Mulligan Mine Disaster Dr Anthony Lynham Mining Queensland See more

20.01.2022 A joint mural project by Moura Community Progress and Moura Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee. A big Thankyou to Bryce and Cassey from Urban Fitness Gym Moura for allowing us to use the side wall of their gym. Thankyou to Syd Ziebell for all your help. Brian Dawson from Moura Motel for your help and generously. Flexihire Biloela for assistance .... Also sponsored by V.E. Group and Moura Arial Spray. Mural by The Brightsiders https://www.facebook.com/Brightsidersau/

15.01.2022 Moura Community Progress are looking for volunteers to help with a little painting at the Rotary Park - Saturday 2nd March 2019 - 7:00am If you spare some time, pop on down and lend a hand.

15.01.2022 Memorial at night - photo credit Betty Seeney!

14.01.2022 We have Stubby Coolers for purchase $10 each and can be purchased at the Moura Museum - Photos on the coolers are credit to our very talented local photographer Betty Seeney.

13.01.2022 The Men Who Died at Kianga. By Frank Ward

08.01.2022 Moura Community Progress Inc and Moura Rotary would like to thank Greg Lee [Lee Crane Hire] for lifting the Le norses miner and joy shuttle car on to the concrete slab at the Moura Rotary Park. Also we would like to thank Abbey, Scott Pye, Jamie McGown, Justin Curtis and Bruce Holman, who have all have been a great help towards this community project. Without your continued community support projects like this would not happen.

07.01.2022 ATTENTION - Moura Dawson Medical Practice wish to advise the following:

07.01.2022 MOURA MINERS’ MEMORIAL: Remembering Our Past Moura is a small town in the Banana Shire, Central Queensland, 171 km south-west of Rockhampton. At the 2016 Aust...ralian census, Moura had a population of 1786. Etched in the collective memory of the people of Moura and district, along with many joys and achievements, are unspeakable trauma and grief. Between 1961 (the year Moura’s first coal mine opened) and 2015, 50 men have died in accidents on the Moura-Kianga coalfields. This number includes 13, 12 and 11 fatalities as a result of major incidents in 1975, 1986 and 1994 respectively. This enormous loss of life has had a huge impact on the small, close-knit community. The Moura Miners’ Memorial is a fitting tribute to the men who died, their families, friends and workmates. It’s located right in the heart of the town, on the corner of the Dawson Highway and Gillespie Street (Moura’s main street). You can’t miss it. It’s a large innovative and multi-faceted monument that demands one’s attention. My husband and I were privileged to explore it when we visited Moura in December 2018. The Moura Miners’ Memorial is both inspirational and remarkable. The memorial’s design is evocative of the mining industry. It includes a symbolic underground timber-lined shaft entry, dimly-lit tunnels and a canopy resembling a miner’s helmet set above an open-cut terrace. The names of all 50 men who died and the year of their death, and details of the three major incidents, are displayed on the walls of the tunnels. The circular terraced area underneath the huge canopy is the hub of the memorial. It’s a place where one can sit and spend time in quiet reflection or prayer. This space, criss-crossed by streams of light, includes a central podium featuring three poles on which rest symbolic miners’ helmets. These are potent reminders of the 1975, 1986 and 1994 disasters in which so many men lost their lives. Outside, an exhibit features a poem by Frank Ward. Entitled The Men Who Died at Kianga, it’s a moving personal tribute to the 13 men who died on 20 September 1975 as a result of a gas explosion in the mine at Kianga No 1 Underground. A community project, the Moura Miners' Memorial took many years to plan and bring to fruition. It was officially opened by Councillor Neville Ferrier, Mayor of the Banana Shire Council, during a special ceremony held on 10 November 2018. In addition to this latest memorial, there is a monument in Bicentennial Park, by the Dawson Highway on the way into town. A life-size statue of a miner, it’s a memorial to the 12 men who lost their lives on 16 July 1986 in the Moura No 4 Underground mine disaster. #Moura #Bananashire #MouraMinersMemorial

06.01.2022 Photo credit to Betty Seeney

04.01.2022 Big thank you to the organisers of the Moura Catch Up held at Emu Park on the weekend, John Hempseed, Patricia Fielding, Terry Crane and Vicki Caddell for your donation. We greatly appreciate your continued support.

02.01.2022 For anyone who didn't get the opportunity to sign the guest book on Saturday at the Official Opening you can pop in at the Culture Shack to sign. Nicky also has the Moura Miners' Memorial Stubby Coolers there for sale if you missed out on one [$10 each].