Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Fraser Island' has mentioned 'Mining' in the following places:
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| Contents 1 Geography and ecology 1.1 Sandmass and The Pinnacles 1.2 Lakes 2 Climate 3 Fauna 3.1 Mammals 3.1.1 Dingoes 3.2 Reptiles and amphibians 3.3 Birds 3.4 Other 4 Flora 5 Administration 6 Heritage listings 7 History and settlement 7.1 Name 7.2 Eliza Fraser 7.3 Butchulla 7.4 British exploration 7.5 Frontier Conflict 7.6 The White Girls of Fraser Island 7.7 Aboriginal internment camp 7.8 Logging 7.9 Sand Mining 7.10 Wreck of the Maheno 7.11 Fraser Commando School 7.12 Nauru resettlement proposition 7.13 Population 7.14 2020 bushfire 8 Tourism 8.1 Access 8.2 Angling 8.3 Camping 8.4 Hiking 9 See also 10 References 11 External links | WIKI |
| Sand Mining[edit] | WIKI |
| Sand mining leases were first granted in 1950, and mining continued until 1977. | WIKI |
| [95] Without public knowledge the Queensland Government granted mining leases to the American mining company Dillingham-Murphyores in the 1960s. | WIKI |
| Despite more than 1,300 submissions that were made to the local mining warden objecting to new leases, the submission was granted. | WIKI |
| Dillingham-Murphyores continued mining. | WIKI |
| The Whitlam Government established Australia's first environmental impact inquiry, which recommended that mining cease. | WIKI |
| [96] Eventually the Fraser Government cancelled the company's mineral export license, which halted mining on the island. | WIKI |
| As part of ongoing meetings in the United Nations Trusteeship Council on the Conditions in the Trust Territories, the Republic of Nauru expressed concern that its phosphate mining exportation would be depleted by the end of the century, endangering the future of the island. | WIKI |