WWII triggered creation of Australia's only underground hospital at Mount Isa

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As World War II inched closer to Australia, miners in Queensland's north-west volunteered their manpower to dig and fit out Australia's first — and only — underground hospital.

Consisting of four tunnels, and only a stone's throw from Mount Isa's actual hospital, the underground structure was the town's back-up plan should it be bombed like Darwin.

The threat was real, considering Mount Isa had its mine and plenty of valuable minerals nearby.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-02/australias-only-underground-hospital-was-never-used/11813346

A tunnel, underground, filled with old hospital beds. The walls are rock.

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