{"id":2354,"date":"2016-12-04T18:23:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T08:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2016-08-31T13:26:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T03:26:41","slug":"middlemount-queensland-australia-keychain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?p=2354","title":{"rendered":"MIDDLEMOUNT, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA &#8211; Keychain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?attachment_id=2352\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2352\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2352\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Middlemount-Key-Chain-1-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"Middlemount - Key Chain (1)\" width=\"225\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Middlemount-Key-Chain-1-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Middlemount-Key-Chain-1.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/?attachment_id=2353\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2353\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2353\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Middlemount-Key-Chain-3-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"Middlemount - Key Chain (3)\" width=\"299\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Middlemount-Key-Chain-3-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Middlemount-Key-Chain-3-357x300.jpg 357w, https:\/\/traveltrinkets.negstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Middlemount-Key-Chain-3.jpg 1073w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>PLACE REPRESENTED:\u00a0Middlemount, Queensland\u00a0,\u00a0Australia<\/p>\n<p>ITEM:\u00a0Keychain<\/p>\n<p>NOTES:\u00a0Middlemount is a mining town in Central Queensland, Australia. Hence the depiction of the dragline excavator. Middlemount, like many other mining towns in Queensland virtually sprung up overnight in the early 1980s. It services two large coal mines, Foxleigh and German Creek. At the 2011 census, Middlemount had a population of 1,914. It&#8217;s population, I suspect, is dependent of the fortunes of the mining industry. Maybe that&#8217;s why the image is framed in a horseshoe &#8230; for luck?\u00a0 If solar or green energy become a easily accessible reality who knows what will happen to Middlemount, or Queensland for that matter.<\/p>\n<p>YEAR (APPROXIMATE):\u00a01980s<\/p>\n<p>MADE FROM:\u00a0steel<\/p>\n<p>MADE IN:\u00a0unknown<\/p>\n<p>MANUFACTURER:\u00a0unknown<\/p>\n<p>DIMENSIONS:\u00a09.5cm\u00a0length\u00a0overall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PLACE REPRESENTED:\u00a0Middlemount, Queensland\u00a0,\u00a0Australia ITEM:\u00a0Keychain NOTES:\u00a0Middlemount is a mining town in Central Queensland, Australia. Hence the depiction of the dragline excavator. Middlemount, like many other mining towns in Queensland virtually sprung up overnight in the early 1980s. 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