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🌟 Ted Elliott
Mineral collector Ted Elliott began gathering specimens as a boy in New South Wales in 1946. Later moves expanded his collecting territory, including Far North Queensland from the 1960s. Agate Creek, Mount Surprise and other northern mineral fields contributed to a collection eventually associated with Georgetown’s TerrEstrial Centre. His Etheridge legacy is this substantial body of specimens and the public interest it supports. An activity that began with noticing rocks on a family farm developed into a collection capable of telling much larger geological stories.
🌾 Stan Collins
Stan Collins managed Spring Creek station near Mount Surprise and spent many years on Etheridge Shire Council, including eighteen as chairman. His work ranged from fencing and improving cattle herds to arranging roads and mail services. He was also a founding director of Bush Pilots Airways, which carried mail and medical services through the Gulf and Cape York. The family’s later negotiations over land containing lava tubes helped create Undara Volcanic National Park and an associated tourism enterprise. His regional association combines a working property, council service and the practical business of connecting dispersed communities.
