White Swamp is an area in New South Wales, near the Queensland and New South Wales border. White Swamp was once a village containing two general stores, a post office, school, cemetery, and timber mill. The timber industry ended, and White Swamp disappeared from the maps, with the exception of White Swamp Road and a … Read more
Bernborough Statue is of the Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse in the 1940s, unveiled in 1977. Bernborough was foaled at Rosealie Plains near Oakey. Racing between 1941 and 1946, he had 15 consecutive wins, including at Doomben while carrying over 65kg (10 stone 5 pound). Bernborough is one of the five inaugural inductees on the Australian Racing … Read more
This location is the start of the 5,600km Dingo Fence, ending in South Australia. It is about 20km from the township of Jandowae, a town that has embraced the Dingo Fence as a feature of the town. Originally built in the 1880s as a rabbit proof fence, Queensland first proposed in 1948 for the fence … Read more
Winters Way is of the road built to the Bunya Mountains from the Kumbia side, created by teams including Charlie Winter and his boys. Winters Way sign is on the Bunya Mountains Road, about 9.7km from Bunya Hwy. Looking around near the sign I could not find the plague. I couldn’t really find much information … Read more
Seven Mile Diggings is an old gold fossicking area, with most of the mining taking place from 1876 to 1900. The population grew to include 700 miners, many of them Chinese. There wasn’t significant amounts of gold found in the area, but alluvial gold can still be found. I have found mentions of garnets and … Read more
The Coolabunia Bora Ring (or Booie Bora Ring) is the larger ring, being about 22 metres in diameter. What Is A Bora Ring? A bora ring is a circle or oval shape with a raised embankment. Bora grounds typically have two rings, one small and one large, but some have three rings. The rings are … Read more
Chimney is the remains of the Mount Clara Smelter built in 1873, one of the earliest to be built in Queensland, and is thought to be the oldest surviving chimney in the mining industry, being built after Peak Downs Smelter, Mount Perry Smelter , and Flanagans Smelter. The smelter was used for copper mined in the … Read more
The Historical Burnett Heads Lighthouse is the original lighthouse at Burnett Heads from 1873. Burnett Heads at the time was called Barolin Marine Township. It was re-sited in 1972 for preservation after it was replaced with a more modern automated lighthouse in 1971. Burnett Heads wasn’t it’s first location, first built for Cowan Cowan Point … Read more
Barolin Homestead was originally built by Nugent Wade Brown in 1875, named after the area. Barolin was first named Borolin, an aboriginal word meaning ‘land of the Kangaroo’. It was bought by Sidney North Innes in 1912, and being in disrepair was shortly rebuilt, which is what can be seen today. The Innes family subdivided … Read more
Archive: This location is no longer in operation. Schmeider’s Cooperage, operating as Bundy Keds, have moved to Hill St. Head to Bundaberg Rum Distillery and Bundy Kegs are on the right when you turn into Hill St. Schmeider’s Cooperage is not far from the Bundaberg Rum Distillery , just up the road. At the entrance of … Read more
