#ThrowBackThursday likes to look back at the origin of ambulance services in the…

#ThrowBackThursday likes to look back at the origin of ambulance services in the many small Queensland communities. As was the case in many of these towns, mining (and in particular coal mining) founded the town of Baralaba in Central Queensland back in 1901. Gold mining operations saw Mount Morgan Mine established in 1921, forging the way for other industries to move into central Queensland, such as cattle and crop farming – sorghum, wheat and cotton in the main. It was mining that…