Kath and Kim, curries and dunnies: Some mining project names are pure comedy gold

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Kath and Kim, curries and dunnies: Some mining project names are pure comedy gold

Settling on a name for a mineral deposit isn’t quite as important as naming a child but it’s clear some choose to be more creative than others. It’s common for deposits to be named after local landmarks, including mountains or bodies of water, or be given traditional Aboriginal names. The large Olympic Dam mine in South Australia was apparently named after a local dam in 1956, the year of the Melbourne Olympics. Others have a bit more fun with i…