Mary Kathleen

Sunday 11 December 2016, 4.30pm

A few paintings inspired by my visit to the now defunct Mary Kathleen uranium mine, near Mt. Isa. I used a smaller brush than usual and tried to push the anarchy a bit further. Some radioactive decay may be evident.

The mine is just one of the many thousands of unrehabilitated mine sites in Australia that continue to produce and leach toxic chemicals. It was supposedly rehabilitated in 1985, but the locals think otherwise.

The hole –

“MK-Uranium Aquarium”

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The view from the crater floor –

“MK-Herbarium”

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And the ghosts of a pop-up town –

“MK-Linoleum”

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By way of information, a bit of signage. From Mary Kathleen –

And meanwhile, in Karumba –