Bellevue, Queensland
Bellevue is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the, Bellevue had "no people or a very low population".
Geography
The Mitchell River forms the northern boundary.The Burke Developmental Road passes through the south-west corner.
The Pinnacles is a mountain in the north of the locality, rising to above sea level.
Ok is a former town within the locality.
The land use is grazing on native vegetation.
History
Bellevue Provisional School opened in 1898 as a half-time school with Springbank Provisional School. It closed circa 1900.In 1901, stockman John Munro found a deposit of copper which was initially sent to the smelter at Mount Garnet smelter for processing. The Ok Copper Mines Development Syndicate was formed to mine the deposit.
A post office opened in 1905, closing in 1912.
Ok was surveyed as a town in 1908. It was named after a well-known brand of jam.
The mine closed in 1909, but reopened in 1930, supplying the Chillagoe smelters, and closed permanently in 1942. Little remains of the town of Ok today.
Between 2008 and 2013, Bellevue was within the Tablelands Region.
Demographics
In the, Bellevue had "no people or a very low population".In the, Bellevue had "no people or a very low population".
Heritage listings
Bellevue has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:- OK Mine & Smelter, Kitoba Holding