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The Old Coalfields
Brooklyn House, built in 1890 and originally owned by the Rankin family, was once a social hub for the region. Dame Annabelle Rankin lived there as a child.
BURRUM’S COALFIELDS ARE NO LONGER MINED BUT THE HERITAGE LINGERS IN THE TOWNS OF HOWARD AND TORBANLEA NESTLING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SALTY REACHES OF THE BURRUM RIVER.
HOWARD AND TORBANLEA
• Step into a nostalgic shopping era still existing at the drapery shop of Van Cooten’s, still a working retail establishment
• The Burrum District Museum has tales and relics of the coal miners who started digging on Queensland’s second coal mine field in 1864. Historic agricultural and mining equipment are on display • Learn the story of Andrew Fisher, who began work at 10 in the coal fields of Scotland and rose to be three term Prime Minister of Australia. View the house he lived in as a young immigrant miner
• Hear amusing tales of the robust mining past at Howard’s Grand Hotel, built in 1888. Photographs and memorabilia capture a colourful past
Early mining cond
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Relics of the way
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• Conjure more memories of tough miners enjoying a cold beer at Torbanlea’s Miners Arms Hotel
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Howard War Memorial
• Enjoy 19th Century elegance relaxing with Devonshire teas at the home of the first Queensland woman elected as senator to the Australian parliament • Wander the maze of walkways created from dozens of varieties of bamboo, the world’s fastest growing and most versatile plant • Relax on the Burrum River at a number of picnic and fishing spots or launch a tinny to try your luck downstream
Burrum District Museum
The unique heritage-listed memorial to the digger soldiers
Experience a bygon at Van Cooten e era ’s