Australia's first fully operational uranium mine was opened at Rum Jungle, and underground mining occurred from 1950 to 1953.

It was established in 1952 to service Australia's first uranium mine, Rum Jungle, which closed in 1971.

"The whole town's swarming with 'em-and there must be another ten thousand between here and Rum Jungle."

Let's settle for that and head back for Rum Jungle.

Yeah," Steel-tooth said, "but when the job blows up in your face, remember Rum Jungle.

"Do you know where Rum Jungle is?"

"Now let's go see if things at Rum Jungle are as bad as reported-or worse."

"And no more harassment of the traders at Rum Jungle and the other market towns."

Rum Jungle was then the largest construction in the Northern Territory.

A similar site rehabilitation project at Rum Jungle also took place in the 1980s.