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Did you know...
Did you know that the Curtis Brothers built a sawmill powered by a waterwheel in the late 1800's in what is now Joalah National Park? A working model can be seen at the Heritage Centre.
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It was worn to the opening of the first Federal Parliament by the wife of Queensland's Surveyor General.
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Left: Model of Waterwheel Sawmill
Photographer Ron Pokarier
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Did you know...
Did you know that dairying was an important industry on Tamborine Mountain? The Jenyns dairy was dismantled when no longer required and can be seen where it was reconstructed at the Heritage Centre.
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Occupation money circulated by Japanese forces in PNG to demoralise Australian troops during World War II. It gives insight to young people of the seriousness of the situation for Australia in WWII.
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Left: Slab Cottage
Photographer Ron Pokarier
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Did you know...
Did you know that early timber getters climbed trees to where they wanted to cut them by inserting boards in notches they cut in the trees and then felled the trees by axe or crosscut saws? Stumps with the notches in them can be seen at the heritage Centre.
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Left: Interior of Slab Cottage
Photographer Ron Pokarier
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Tamborine Mountain Heritage Centre
Address: 55-57 Wongawallan Rd, Eagle Heights Qld
Phone: 07 5545 3929
Email: tamborinehistorical@hotmail.com.au
Open Sunday 11am-3pm or by appointment, phone 5545 3929
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