Timeline 1950 to 1959
- 1950s Most vertical mine shafts filled in by Mines Dept
- 1953 Morton’s Goldmining Lease established, Upper Monument shafts dug, sited on south side of Fourth Hill above Gold Memorial Drive, closed 1965
- 1954 Automatic telephone exchange opened
- 1955 Dec – new bridge opened
- 1955 June - swimming pool proposed
- 1955 World Scout Jamboree at Clifford Park
- 1957 new telephone exchange opened