Moura - Places to See

Statue
At the southern end of the town is a brass statue of a miner commemorating the Moura Underground No 4 Disaster in which 12 miners lost their lives on 16 July 1986. The youngest of the miners was only 18 years old. It is appropriately located outside the Ambulance Station.

This was the second major mining accident to hit the area. On 20 September 1975 13 miners were killed in an explosion in a mineshaft near the town. Unbelievably, the tragically accident-prone mining town endured a third disaster on 7th August 1994 when 11 men were killed in an explosion at the main BHP mine.