It was not until 1968, when the large-scale mining of kaolin, bauxitic kaolin, and bauxite was begun by Mulcoa, Mullite Company of America, that the town was dramatically altered.
Erst 1968, als der groß angelegte Abbau von Kaolin, Kaolin Bauxit und Bauxit durch ''Mulcoa, Mullite Company of America'' begann, änderte sich das Stadtbild grundlegend.