Mount Isa, Australia, Australia
 
Year1950latitude: ° 0'
longitude: ° 0'
Period
Initiator(s)
Planning organization
Nationality initiator(s)
Designer(s) / Architect(s)
Design organization
Inhabitants23,000
Target population15,000
Town website
Town related linkshttp://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDMountIsa.shtml
http://www.mountisa.qld.gov.au/welcome/history/history.html
http://www.mountisa.biz/gallery/index.php?gallery=./Mount%20Isa
Literature

type of New Town: > scale of autonomy
New-Town-in-Town
Satellite
New Town
Company Town
> client
Private Corporation
Public Corporation
> policy
Capital
Decentralization
Industrialization
Resettlement
Economic
 
Mount Isa is a mining city located in the nortwestern Queensland. The mineral depots underneath the town were the reason to build it. The mine employed 60% of the town's workforce in the 60; today only 22%. The population peaked at 33,000 in 1973.

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