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Charles Hartley Cartwright was born on the Hodgkinson mining fields where his father was a merchant. In 1905 he married Lily Hammond of Hammond Downs, daughter of Ned Hammond and granddaughter of Frances Hammond (nee Frances Tully) of Tenham, who was the first white woman on Coopers Creek in 1869. They had six children, four sons, and two daughters. The family became very well known throughout the Western areas, so much so that in 1926 when they left Jundah to take up residence on their property 'Moothandella', the district gave a public send-off in Jundah Hall and the presentation was inscribed 'To Jundah's greatest citizen'. Charlie, as he was known, besides being to the fore in every community activiity, always had a helping hand to anyone in bother. It was no secret that the families of seasonal workers owed their existence to his generosity, some of which, of course, was not repaid. In 1926, Charlie sold the store to Mr Alf Armstrong and moved the family to 'Moothandella', where a huge new homestead was being built, this being completed in 1927. His wife died in 1939 at the age of 56 of pneumonia. Charlie died in 1960 when a fire raced through his home at 2.00am. The fire killed Charlie, his daughter-in-law and his two granddaughters. Although the war caused the breakup of the family with only George remaining at home, all survived and would visit at times of holidays and reunions. The family will always be remembered for their hospitality and helpfullness. Source: ehive.com/collections/3492/objects/77701/charles-hartley-...

It is hard to imagine Christianity being taken in worse circumstances to a people than has been the case with Aborigines throughout much of Australia. Christianity has been an intrinsic part of the colonization process and, as a consequence, has been a companion to frontier violence, dispossession, disease, depopulation, and degradation. Christianity was the religion of the white conquerors who assumed authority and control over Aboriginal people. Missionaries were part of the new law that dominated Aboriginal law. This has certainly been the case in North Queensland (Loos 1982). The missionaries were, of course, as much prisoners of their culture as other colonists. From the hindsight of the twentieth century, many of their attitudes toward Aboriginal people can be seen as offensive. Yet, unlike the other colonists, they came to give Aborigines the greatest gift they had to offer: the salvation they had found in Jesus Christ. They confused their salvation with their culture and both with the 'civilization' they tried to impose on Aborigines. Source; Concern and Contempt Church and Missionary Attitudes Towards Aborigines in North Queensland in the Nineteenth Century Noel Loos

The date is closer to June/July 1930. The electrical switchgear "Switch Room" is near completion. Construction started around September 1929. It was commissioned on 6th December 1930 with one unit. This was the first power station in Australia to use a pulverised coal fuel system and it is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

Mount Isa Mine Power Station (1931) From mid-1927 the technical management of Mount Isa Mine was in the hands of the Urquhart group (formerly known as the Russo-Asiatic Consolidated). With their increased capital they set about developing the "most modern mine of the age." The initial powerhouse of Corbould's company was replaced by the steel-framed power station consisting of a coal-fired boiler house and a generator house, designed by JM Callow in 1928 and located at the base of the Mount Isa Mine ridge overlooking the new tent settlement on the bank of the West Leichhardt River. The power station was operational by 1931 and a photograph of it appeared in the Queensland Government Mining Journal on 15 July 1931, which described the Ministerial opening of the new mining plant. It was described as having "twin chimneys rising like black cigars above a roof of dazzling iron".[1] The powerhouse supplied electricity to the town and its houses as well as to the mine until the opening of the Mica Creek power station. In 1951 the powerhouse was extended to supply the new copper smelter. When the Mica Creek power station came into operation supplying electricity, the mine's power station was adapted to supply compressed air for the entire mine operation. It continues to fulfill this function. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Isa_Mine_Early_Infrastructure