Paluma

Paluma is a township and suburb of Former Thuringowa (Now Townsville), with around 25 permanent residents in the Mount Spec ranges heritage-listed Wet Tropics. Paluma developed from a mining and forestry background. The first people to arrive here were tin prospectors in the 1870's after an abundance of tin in the mountains. The area remained isolated until a road was built up the range in the 1930's This industry lasted for years until landowners worked together to shut it down. The tin industry… More information...

User:	Gav
Page:	thuringowacityrep.webnode.com (?)