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The Qantas Founders Museum is located 177 kilometres (110 mi) from Winton, Queensland, the original home of Qantas. The museum tells the history of Australia's national airline Qantas, from its early beginnings in Outback Queensland in the 1920s to present day. Qantas was registered on 16 November 1920 and held its first Board Meeting in Winton ...
The town of Longreach was gazetted in 1887 as the new terminus of the Central Western railway line extending west from Rockhampton. Prior to this, the site of Longreach was a teamsters stop; however the completion of the railway in 1892 provided the impetus for the rapid development of the town. [1]
The opening of the railway from Barcaldine to Longreach caused a building and population boom in the area. By 1914, Longreach had 14 hotels. [1] In 1912 Commissioner Evans promised a deputation of locals that he would ask the government to build a station at Longreach similar to that at Winton. QR at this stage was undergoing a major ...
Celebration at Winton station for the opening of the line from Longreach, 1928 QR loco 1732 hauls a special train on the Drummond Range section, near Bogantungan, September 1989 Recruiting train stopped at Emerald ~1916 QR electric loco 3903 hauling a special train crosses the Nogoa River bridge, east of Emerald, September 1989 The ornate entrance to Emerald railway station Blackall station, ~1910
Longreach is a rural town and locality in the Longreach Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] It is the administrative centre of the Longreach Regional Council, which was established in 2008 as a merger of the former Longreach, Ilfracombe, and Isisford shires. Longreach is a well known tourist destination due to its aviation history and ...
Longreach: Longreach: 521.2: 323.9: Thomson Developmental Road (See Notes column) – south – Windorah: Thomson Developmental Road is part of a former proposed National Route 79 from Melbourne to Longreach. This route is now signed as M79/A79 from Melbourne to Mildura, then B79 to Broken Hill, beyond which there is no signed number. [8 ...
The Hughenden-Winton railway line was a railway line in Queensland, Australia, branching from the Mt Isa line at Hughenden and connecting to the Central West line at Winton. It was originally part of the Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line) , but was later downgraded to branch line status when the extension west of Hughenden opened.
At one time in the 1960s, Longreach airport was one of the busiest inland airports in Australia. However, with drought and the general downturn of the rural economy throughout the country, air traffic declined. In 1990, the Department of Aviation closed the Longreach Flight Service Unit, the descendant of the Aeradio station opened in 1941.