Government-financed abattoirs at Bakers Creek sold to Borthwicks after local livestock supplies fail to provide an economic throughput.
Town survey map of Ball Bay published.
Reticulated water supply was laid on in Brandon because backyard pumps were drawing up groundwater endangered by domestic pollution.
High grade nickel laterite found at the former copper mining town of Greenvale.
Mitsubishi begins mining high quality silica sand at Cape Flattery.
May
The Queensland Government took control of the Lockhart River mission and tried to move the population to Umagico, near Bamaga. Many resisted the move.