Editing Spa town (section)

===Australia===
There are mineral springs in the [[Central Highlands of Victoria]]. Most are in and around [[Daylesford, Victoria|Daylesford]] and [[Hepburn Springs, Victoria|Hepburn Springs]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=VICTORIAN MINERAL SPRINGS: STRATEGIC MASTERPLAN 2015-2024 |url=https://www.vgls.vic.gov.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/1294005/0 |publisher=Victorian Mineral Water Committee |page=3}}</ref> [[Daylesford, Victoria|Daylesford]] and [[Hepburn Springs]] call themselves "Spa Country" and the "Spa Centre of Australia".

In [[Queensland]], many towns have mineral springs created by [[Artesian bore|artesian bores]] into the [[Great Artesian Basin]], often the only or primary water supply to the towns. Some of these towns had periods of popularity as spa towns, including [[Aramac, Queensland|Ararmac]], [[Barcaldine, Queensland|Barcaldine]], [[Dalby, Queensland|Dalby]], [[Helidon, Queensland|Helidon]], [[Innot Hot Springs]], and [[Muckadilla, Queensland|Muckadilla]], mostly in the late 1800s and early 1900s when mineral spas were believed to cure various medical conditions. However, the remote locations of most of these towns made them expensive to visit and only small-scale spa facilities developed there. Helidon, a day trip from [[Brisbane]] by car, was more successful, particularly with growing owernship of cars after [[World War II]]. However, concerns about [[radioactivity]] and [[Bacteria|bacterial]] [[contamination]] resulted in the Helidon Spa falling into disuse by 1994. Many towns in Queensland continue to provide bathing facilities fed by hot springs, but these are promoted as relaxing holiday activities rather than as medical treatments.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Griggs|first=Peter |journal=[[Queensland Review]]|title="Taking the waters": mineral springs, artesian bores and health tourism in Queensland, 1870-1950|year=2013 |volume=20|number=2|pages=157–158, 169|url=https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/30994/1/S1321816613000184a.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921233227/https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/30994/1/S1321816613000184a.pdf |archive-date=2017-09-21 |url-status=live |publication-date=2013 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/qre.2013.18 |s2cid=39508107 |access-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>