Radium Hill
Radium Hill is a former mine site in South Australia which operated from 1906 until 1961. Named by Sir Douglas Mawson, it was Australia's first uranium mine, years before the country's next major mines at Rum Jungle in the Northern Territory, and the Mary Kathleen mine in Queensland.
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- …lies at an elevation of around 270 metres (880 feet)
- Description: former mine in South Australia
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Latitude
-32.3° or 32° 18′ south
Longitude
140.66667° or 140° 40′ east
Open location code
4RV2PM28+2M
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Radium Hill” goes by many names.
Radium HillDutch
Radiuma MontoEsperanto
רדיום הילHebrew
Радіум-ГіллUkrainian
Радіум-ХіллUkrainian
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