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Camp Mountain Train Crash
Camp Mountain Train Crash Plaque

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
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -27.397126
Long: 152.895772
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Disaster
Sub-Theme:Land Transport
Actual Event Start Date:05-May-1947
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Actual Event End Date:05-May-1947
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Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:October-1988
Front Inscription

This cairn marks the site of the Camp Mountain Rail Crash

5th May 1947.

McLean Road follows the route of the railway line.

October, 1988.

 

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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