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Moore Pioneers
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The monument commemorates the pioneers of the Moore.
In 1900 a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate the possible route for a railway in the area, taking evidence at Esk, `Cressbrook`, `Colinton` and `Stonehouse`, which were the coach stops. `Colinton` was cut up and sold around this time, bringing in many new settlers and `Stonehouse` acted as a provision store and butcher`s shop for them. A small township was surveyed at Moore, named for the then owners of `Colinton`, gaining a postal receiving office in 1903 and a post office in 1905. In 1910 a railway station opened at Moore.
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In 1900 a Royal Commission was appointed to investigate the possible route for a railway in the area, taking evidence at Esk, `Cressbrook`, `Colinton` and `Stonehouse`, which were the coach stops. `Colinton` was cut up and sold around this time, bringing in many new settlers and `Stonehouse` acted as a provision store and butcher`s shop for them. A small township was surveyed at Moore, named for the then owners of `Colinton`, gaining a postal receiving office in 1903 and a post office in 1905. In 1910 a railway station opened at Moore.
Location
| Address: | D`Aguilar Highway, Moore, 4306 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -26.893889 Long: 152.290556 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1988 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAOur pioneers
They came to this place of mountains and streams ; the Aboriginals before and later white settlers who travelled the road via Colinton Hut, Bob William's Stonehouse and across the Blackbutt.
They came ; they departed ;
We remember them.
An Australian Bicentennial Project with financial assistance from the Queensland Government.
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