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Mungana
Queensland
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Old Mungana town site
Mungana is located in Queensland
Mungana
Mungana
Location in Queensland
Postcode(s) 4871
LGA(s) Shire of Mareeba
State electorate(s) Cook
Federal Division(s) Kennedy

Mungana is part of the rural locality of Chillagoe, north Queensland, Australia and a former mining township in its own right. It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region).

History

Mungana Post Office opened by 1907 (a receiving office had been open in 1897 and 1898), closed in 1945, reopened in 1951 and closed again in 1960.

It was once the site of copper mines that featured in the Mungana Affair.

Heritage listings

Mungana has a number of heritage-listed sites, including the Mungana Archaeological Area.

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