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The plaque commemorates the pioneer settlers of the District.

A timber milling industry was established in Wirrabara during the early 1850s. The town was surveyed in 1874. In 1877 the first government forest nursery in Australia was planted in the nearby Wirrabara forest 

The Wilmington railway line was extended north from Gladstone and Laura through Wirrabara and Booleroo Centre to Wilmington in the 1910s after the locals had been pleading with the government to build it for many years.

Location

Address:B82 Highway, Wirrabara, 5481
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.033801
Long: 138.269231
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
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Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1974
Front Inscription

A tribute to the fortitude and courage of the pioneer settlers of this District

1974

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Source: MA
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