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Pioneers of the Cabarlah DistrictPrint Page
Location
Address: | New England Highway , Cabarlah, 4352 |
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State: | QLD |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.42779 Long: 151.991571 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Landscape |
Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 11th February, 1989 |
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This memorial to commemorate the pioneers of the Cabarlah District was unveiled by Mr. W. L. Taylor M.P Member for Groom on the 11th February, 1989.
Crows Nest Shire Chairman - I. A. Vonhoff
Cabarlah Pioneer Bicentennial Memorial
1788 - 1988
In commemoration of the early pioneers of the Cabarlah District who settled this area in the middle eighteen hundreds.
The district was closely established with families earning their living from sawmilling and mixed farming.
In 1883 the railway came to Cabarlah and three years latter(sic) was extended through Crows Nest. The line was closed in 1961.
The railway station was located 30m behind this cairn and the line crossed the new England highway at this point.
This memorial was funded by the Australian Bicentennial Authority and the Crows Nest Shire Council and constructed by Council's workforce.