The town of Marble Bar

Marble Bar was gazetted in 1893 and is named for a nearby jasper bar mistaken for marble, which runs across the bed of the Coongan River. Marble Bar is rated as the hottest town in Australia. It holds a world record for 160 consecutive days at 100°F (37.8°C) between 31 October 1923 and 7 April 1924.
The party met with the local Road Board and held a Public meeting in the evening. ‘23 men and 2 women present’ [diary]. They also visited the local hospital, which was run by the Australian Inland Mission (AIM).
At the Mining Warden’s Office, the party was shown a ledger ‘one inch thick with a hole eaten right through by ants’ [diary]. The ‘book had only laid on the counter for four days’ [diary[ indicating the destructive power of the local termites.