Peace killed a boomtown: How the end of World War I turned one of Australia's biggest copper settlements into a ghost town

Kuridala was once a thriving Queensland mining town, which prospered greatly during World War I. Copper became a strategic metal, driving significant profits and population growth for the settlement. After the war ended, demand for copper vanished, leading to a dramatic price collapse. This economic downturn caused the Hampden Smelter to halt operations and the town to empty rapidly.

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