Torbanlea Colliery Disaster

25°21′15″S 152°35′41″E / 25.3543°S 152.5948°E / -25.3543; 152.5948

A plan of the mine showing the site of the explosion, from the royal commission into the accident

The Torbanlea Colliery Disaster was a 1900 mining accident near the town of Torbanlea in the colony of Queensland (now a state of Australia) that claimed the lives of five workers.[1] The accident prompted a Royal Commission into mining practices within Queensland.

  1. ^ Brune, p. 286.