Download coordinates as: Mount Carbine is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia.

[5] The north and east of the locality are within a number of protected areas (from north to south):[4] A further 600 square kilometres (230 sq mi) comprising most of the south and west of the locality is part of the Brooklyn Sanctuary, a nature reserve owned and operated by the not-for-profit Australian Wildlife Conservancy.

[4] The Mulligan Highway enters the locality from the south-east (Mount Molloy), passes through the town, and exits to the west (Desailly).

These early miners, perhaps believing that their new settlement would become well known for its wealth, apparently decided that the famous Cup winner’s name was the most suitable.

In this early period, Mount Carbine’s residents were predominantly those who were associated in some way with the wolfram mines, as well as their families.

[21] Mine production expanded quite rapidly in the period up to World War I and at its height the town had about 300 residents along with three hotels, a police station and a school as well as a range of small businesses.

[21] Mount Carbine’s mines ceased operations in 1914, but were reopened after World War I, thereafter being worked intermittently, depending the level of demand and price.

The surviving useful plant and equipment was subsequently sold progressively or otherwise disposed of, mainly during the early 1990s.