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Texas Heritage Centre & Tobacco Museum

Locality: Texas, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4653 1392

Address: 40 Flemming St 4385 Texas, QLD, Australia

Website: http://texasheritagecentre.weebly.com

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25.01.2022 Rachel's Cottage is a lovely place to stay when visiting Texas and they have come up with a brilliant way to help local businesses during the drought. Guests a...re given "Cottage Cash" when they stay at the cottage to be used at local businesses in the town! Texas Treats is very proud to accept Cottage Cash and we hope all our visitors have a fantastic stay in Texas! See more

25.01.2022 Pavilion deadlines - a lot close tomorrow so don’t miss out

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19.01.2022 Made world famous by country music legend Lee Kernaghan in his song, "Texas, QLD 4385", Texas is a rural town on the north side of the Dumeresq River (the borde...r with New South Wales) and is 302 km south-west of Brisbane (information corrected and courtesy of Google Maps). It was named after the Texas pastoral station. Several pastoral runs were taken up in the Texas district in 1840, among them Cullybullan by J. McDougall. The landholding came under dispute, in which McDougall was successful, and he renamed it Texas in 1843, apparently a reference to land disputes common in the American range lands. The Texas station ran cattle, but adjoining holdings grazed sheep. Parts of the large leaseholds were resumed for free selection in 1875, and the Texas township was surveyed. Further selections were made in the late 1880s, and the agricultural economy diversified into maize, dairying and tobacco. The fertile river flats grew good quality pipe tobacco, and a tobacco factory was opened. Later, a State Experimental Tobacco Farm was opened five km from Texas, and the industry continued until the early 1940s. A provisional school was opened in 1891. Further farm lots were offered and settled in 1910 and again to soldier settlers in the 1920s. Dairying developed to a point where a cheese factory was opened (1909), changing over to butter in 1912. The factory was rebuilt in 1928, continuing in operation until 1955. A town hospital was opened in 1913. Proximity to river flats proved unfortunate when the river flooded the town in 1921, and rebuilding occurred on higher ground. The change of location did not rectify the problem of transport to a major regional centre. The nearest railway station was Inglewood, and an imported road train carried goods there, but at low speed and with some unreliability. Freight included ore from the Silver Spur mine east of Texas, rabbit meat and skins from the Texas freezing works, dairy produce, livestock, tobacco and wheat. Agitation for a railway from Inglewood (approved 1914) culminated in a line being opened 16 years later. Closer-settlement after the World War I, dairying, tobacco and rabbit processing resulted in a population of about 700 people. Pugh's Queensland directory (1925) recorded three hotels in Texas, five storekeepers, three blacksmiths and several other shops. Three of the storekeepers were Chinese, as were several market gardeners on the river flats. Rabbits were a plague in the 1930s, providing a source of labour for trappers and processors, and meat for farm tables. Texas was spared the scourge of prickly pear except for a couple of lightly infested places. Increased tariff protection led to an expansion of tobacco growing after 1930. By 1953 Queensland produced just over half the total Australian crop, and nearly half of the Queensland crop came from the Texas district. Irrigation shifted production to the Mareeba district, which by 1973 had about 80% of the Queensland crop, and Texas about 5%. By 1993 Texas had under 1%; farming by then was predominantly sheep, lamb and cattle grazing. Another flood in 1956 saw most of the remaining low-ground habitations abandoned or moved to the present town site on the hill. Texas has local shops, swimming, bowling and golf facilities, a showground, a racecourse, a hotel-motel, a primary-secondary school, a Catholic primary school, a hospital, a museum and a cultural centre. The rabbit-freezing works have been restored as a heritage place. FLOODS 2011 In January and February 2011 the Dumaresq River flooded the relatively narrow river flat adjacent to the town. A number of field crops were lost. Downstream, after the Dumaresq joins the McIntyre River, Goondiwindi was at risk of flooding, but it was protected by levee banks. Information courtesy of Queensland Places.

17.01.2022 This Sunday May 6th! Bonshaw Memorial Hall Market Day Great family day out - help support a small community!

15.01.2022 TODAY is the day. The Texas Show A great line up of events to come and see and do. Don't forget if U can't make today we do have a second day on tomorrow wit...h just as much fun to be had. Saturday Program - horse events - showjumping - Poultry - Dressage - kids facepainting - opening of the show main stage 12pm - Eljay Stunt Show 3 shows thru out the day - Texas P-10 State School dancers & choir - Showgirls in a fashion parade - Rockwall from 12pm - Tough Texan Challenge at 2pm - Rodeo from 2.30 pm - horse sporting events main ring - Fireworks from 6.30 - whip Cracking night show - Band until 12am SUNDAY PROGRAM - tractor pull - dogs - whip Cracking show - Eljays Stunt Show - Ute Show - motor bike challenge - woodchop - mutton buster Lucky gate prize - drawn at 3.45pm - remember you have to be here to win it.

14.01.2022 Today is the first day of winter Did you know that the coldest temperature ever recorded in our region was in Texas? on the 26th of June 1971, it was a freezing -7.6 C . Now, that's cold! So pull on your winter woolies and stay warm this winter, let's hope it doesn't reach -7!

14.01.2022 Congratulations to all the nominees and the Australia Day Award Winners! Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the Australia Day Celebrations here at the Texas Heritage Centre!

10.01.2022 Sausage sizzle happening now!

09.01.2022 Don't forget the Texas Lions Club Markets on this Sunday! Texas Treats will be there with our home baked cakes, slices, jams & relishes! Plus lots of other stalls as well! Great way to shop local and support your community and grab some great Christmas gifts!

09.01.2022 Vote for Texas!! Head to the WLT page and

05.01.2022 Vote for the Texas Local Gift Card!!! This is the first round of voting so please go to the Why Leave Town page and LIKE the original post for Texas to move onto the next round!!

03.01.2022 These incredible s show the opening of the Texas Hospital by the Governor in 1913. We love how many people came out to mark the occasion and the beautiful dresses, suits and hats that they're wearing - so stylish and sun smart!

02.01.2022 Let's go TEXAS!!! Head to the WLT page and vote for Texas with a