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Roy Emerson Museum

Locality: Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia

Phone: 41630146

Address: Lot 31 Bowman Road 4306 Blackbutt, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 Railway House Blackbutt

24.01.2022 Bingo...Tomorrow night at the Blackbutt Memorial Hall...Bowman Rd Blackbutt...Eyes down 7.30pm

22.01.2022 Some members of the Stewart family just came in to the museum and presented us with this book written by their uncle Dan Stewart...It’s a great read about the history of the Stewart family and how they came to live in Googa Googa Creek...You can drop into the Museum and check it out...We’re open daily from 10-3

21.01.2022 Blackbutt Brass Band...T. Emmerson Conductor...1913

21.01.2022 November newsletter...happy reading...If you wish to receive our newsletter by email, you just need to become a member of the BDTHA...It’s only $5 per year and you can pay at the Roy Emerson Museum...We’re open everyday from 10-3pm

20.01.2022 One of the oldest and continual running pastoral properties in the State of Queensland and South Burnett Region, established in 1842. Rich in character and an integral part of Queensland’s pastoral heritage Taromeo, established by Scottish migrant Simon Scott in 1842 and still operational today, has been restored over the years to its former glory and for the benefit of the South Burnett history and heritage.

20.01.2022 The racquet donated by Chris Freeman, Ken Laffey and Peter Rasey in memory of Ashley Cooper looks great on the museum wall..

19.01.2022 Beautiful rain at the Roy Emerson Museum today

19.01.2022 Trees of Blackbutt...Blackbutt, Bunya Pine, Hoop Pine, Grey Ironbark, Ironbark, Tallowwood and Red Bloodwood...

19.01.2022 Yoga is starting up in the Blackbutt Memorial Hall Monday the 15th of June...and will be every Thursday and Monday after that...9.00am-10.00am.

19.01.2022 BDTHA July Newsletter...if you’d like to receive our free monthly newsletter by email pl drop into the Roy Emerson Museum and become a member...It’s $5 to become a member...

19.01.2022 Do you know anyone who deserves to be nominated for any of these awards...

19.01.2022 If you can help us with this enquire we would be most appreciative... Enquiring for Desliegh Shaw... My mum told me many years ago that during WW2 she helped her Aunt Lil serve in an army canteen in Blackbutt...Lils maiden name was Thomson (Toowoomba), and married name might have been Neilson...... If you have any knowledge about Lil Neilson or the army canteen please let us know, either in the comments or in messages... Tysm

18.01.2022 We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...The Roy Emerson Museum reopened today...Our opening hours are everyday from 10-3...We hope to see you there soon

18.01.2022 Darrel and Joy Williams...descendants of Robert Williams of Stonehouse, dropped into the Museum today...what a treat it was, we spent two hours researching our files and talking about the stone houses...Look out for an article in a coming newsletter...there’s definitely a story here...

18.01.2022 Red Flag Store, Blackbutt

16.01.2022 2015 Blackbutt welcomes home, one of its own!! Roy Emerson accompanied by his wife Joy, came home to the town of his birth, to officially open the Nukku Nook( old Nukku school). Roy himself went to the old school, and reminisced fondly of old school days, while catching up with old school friends as well.... Many of the Emerson family themselves came to meet up with Roy and Joy, so there was an atmosphere of family reunion as well. There was a lunch also arranged by the Blackbutt And District Tourism and heritage Association. Over 130 people packed into the Blackbutt Golf Club to hear Roy Speak, and to eat a beautiful lunch, catered by St Johns Anglican social committee. See more

15.01.2022 Blackbutt and District Tourism and Heritage Association Assoc. Inc. General Meeting Friday 21 Aug 2020 3:00pm at Blackbutt Memorial Hall

14.01.2022 We invite you to our Tagalong Tour...Friday 27th of November...Free for Members...Otherwise $10, includes Morning Tea and Lunch...Pl RSVP by Wednesday 25th of November

14.01.2022 My grandmother's Fourth Class prize book from Taromeo School around 1907...I could spend days reading this...Jenny

14.01.2022 Steam train on the Toogoolawah-Blackbutt line

13.01.2022 Series 3 of the Inn Rebuild. This wall looks so imposing and is still only at the single story height.

13.01.2022 Archibald G. Muir...a Blackbutt Legend

13.01.2022 Logging...The way it used to be done.

12.01.2022 The BDTHA has purched new tables and chairs for the hall...they look great

10.01.2022 Stonehouse Hotel 1884...for a closer look please visit the Roy Emerson Museum...open everyday 10.00am-3.00pm

09.01.2022 The October newsletter..happy reading...If you’d like to be emailed a copy of our newsletters pl become a member of BDTHA...It’s only $5 a year...Just drop into the Museum and pay, its that simple...

09.01.2022 All for sale at the Roy Emerson Museum...Open every day 10-3

08.01.2022 Hotel Radnor... #nowandthenchallenge

07.01.2022 The museum gardens are looking lovely...

07.01.2022 We’ve had an enquiry from Alex Barnett’s granddaughter...Her grandfather owned property on Cove Rd Stanmore which a Doctor ended up buying...He latter moved the house to Blackbutt. The granddaughter is just trying to find out where the house is in Blackbutt so she can have a look at it...we thought someone in Blackbutt may have and idea where it is...pl message or comment if you do TIA...

06.01.2022 If you’d like to become a member of the BDTHA, and enjoy all we have going on, pl come to our next meeting at the hall...Friday 19th of June 2020...we’d love to meet you...it’s only $5 to become a member

06.01.2022 August Newsletter for your enjoyment..

06.01.2022 Fridays Tagalong tour took us to Hill 60 and the Borra Rings in Benarkin Forestry then onto Taromeo to the Fire tower, Jesse's Well, Tractor Museum and Taromeo Station.

05.01.2022 Roy Emerson...The Blackbutt tennis champion...

05.01.2022 Expressions of Interest - Open Now - from museums, railway organizations and public galleries. "Collection of Railway Paintings" to be donated. I wish to bequ...weeth my collection of " 75 " original Railway Paintings, which I painted between 1992 and 1998, Queensland and NSW. It is my wish that the body of work remains intact for all to enjoy. In first instance please make expressions of interest via my webpage www.janetskinner.com In the film below you will see a small selection of these. See more

04.01.2022 A rich, timber-filled history South Burnett Times 25th Dec 2012 Photo: Contributed HISTORIC: The timber loading yards at Blackbutt railway. FOR the first two decades of the region’s history, the economy of the area depended firstly on agricultural pursuits and then on the burgeoning timber industry.... Sawmilling was the primary industry of the district, the mills providing work for hundreds of men, both at the mills themselves and in the scrub, felling and carting timber. These early mills included Andersen’s Blackbutt Timber Company, Heaslip and Houston’s mill on the Crows Nest Rd, and Blinco Brothers, also on Crows Nest Rd. AJ Raymond’s mill at Taromeo, T Emmerson’s mill on the Crows Nest Rd, Les Muller’s mill at Nukku and a later mill, established in 1919, was Syd Gould’s mill in Hart St, Blackbutt. William Ewing Houston later owned two mills, one at Blackbutt and another at Taromeo. The Taromeo mill was gutted by fire circa 1930. Les and Dolly Muller arrived in Blackbutt in 1948 to settle at Nukku where they constructed their sawmill and house near the rail siding. The mill was primarily involved in making fruit cases, which were supplied to the Granite Belt, Gayndah and Mundubbera regions. In November, 1960, Muller purchased the Taromeo mill owned by W.E. Houston Pty Ltd. Another addition to the saw milling family was the Benarkin mill owned by Wilkinson and Son of Nambour, which began operating at Benarkin in the 1960s. The difficulties facing those early selectors and timbermen were outlined in an article published in 1905, under the heading of Subduing a Howling Wilderness. The report claimed Blackbutt was 20 miles from nowhere. On very recent maps it was laid down between Esk and Nanango. The first question a visitor asked his guide when viewing the sights of the settlement was, How on earth did you manage to dig this place out? Those who had seen Blackbutt had but a poor idea of the nature of this undertaking. The narrowroadways cut in the course of yearswaswalled up on each side with standing timber that was in places impenetrable. See more

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02.01.2022 We are currently doing research on the Postal Services of the Blackbutt area.. Would anyone have any photos of John Charles McKenzie who was Post Master from 1928- 1971.