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20-October-2016
Photographs supplied by John Huth
The park commemorates the Smales family who were timber and farming pioneers in the Tallebudgerra Valley.
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Location
| Address: | Tallebudgera Creek Road, Smales Park, Tallebudgera, 4228 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -28.175599 Long: 153.368703 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Park |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Thursday 25th May, 1995 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAPlaque :
Smales Park
Named 25 May 1995
This parkland was named in honour of the pioneering Smales Family who began hauling timber to the West Burleigh Sawmill with their bullock team In The 1920`s and later took up banana growing and dairy farming.
This parkland is part of the former "Reidvale" Dairy Farm operated by Edward Smales and his wife, Violet whose father, Nelson Reid first took up the land in 1886.
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