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Located on the Atherton Tableland in Dyirbalŋan Country, 16 kilometres southwest of Atherton, 65 kilometres southwest of Cairns and 70 kilometres west-northwest of Innisfail, Herberton is 918 metres above sea level on the Great Dividing Range
James Venture Mulligan was looking for gold when he became the first European to explore this area in 1875, but found tin. Guided by John Atherton, John Newell, who had been involved with tin mining around Stanthorpe, and William Jack, found the Great Northern tin lode in 1880. Newell
Named the town that developed around the lode — directly or indirectly — after Queensland's first premier.
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