This Furphy in Mount Isa is no rumour

Derek Barry
Updated April 27 2022 - 12:37pm, first published April 26 2022 - 2:21pm
A restored Furphy tank at the Mount Isa Underground Museum and Hospital.
A restored Furphy tank at the Mount Isa Underground Museum and Hospital.

It's no furphy, this water tank at Mount Isa's Underground Hospital Museum is the real thing.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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