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The plaque, detailing the history of the Quilpie Wool Scour, commemorates the pioneering families of Quilpie.
Location
| Address: | Diamantina Development Road, Airport (Old Terminal Building), Quilpie, 4480 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -26.611944 Long: 144.256389 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 2006 |
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This plaque records the fact that from 1935 to 1951 a Wool Scour operated nearby.
Thompson and Hulse, shearing contractors, took up a lease of land in 1935 and bulit a wool scour. Mark A Hulse J. P. originally from England - "The Home" - operated the business. Mark lived with his wife and family in Jaburi Street Quilpie.
The wool scour used the water from the bore sunk in 1933, to wash the wool. The scour provided off season employment for Quilpie shearers. During World War 2 the large wool scour shed was used as a training centre by the Quilpie Section of the Volunteer Defence Force.
The site of the wool scour was near to the junction of the present day airfield runways. The sinking of the dam by bullock team, the transporting to this site of the steam engine by camel train, the collection of heavy equipment such as ships tanks, wash boxes, a centrifugal dryer and the use of steam power before electricity came to Quilpie, are a measure of the ingenuity and enterprise of our forebears.
Placed place in 2006 to honour our pioneering families.
