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  QR coach and camp wagon at Calliope River Historical Village Museum
 

2010 Market Days

  • 7 March
  • 2 May
  • 24-25 July: Woodworkers, Arts & Crafts Weekend
  • 22 August
  • 26 September
  • 24 October
  • 5 December

The Gladstone Railway Museum, including the model train group, will be relocated to the Village in a new, insulated shed being erected early 2010. Watch for the official opening in May.

 

Calliope River Historical Village
Calliope's local history museum is right beside the Bruce Highway near the Calliope River crossing. The museum is open daily and the site is visible from the highway and nearby 24 hour driver facilities, making an interesting stop on long trips.
    Railway facilities include a wooden QR carriage, two camp wagons and the Yarwun station. The Village is also the home for the Gladstone area live steam modellers, and will soon be the site of the rail museum previously located in Gladstone's freight yard.

Yarwin station at the museum

The Village's several historical buildings, many of which contain specific collections, include:

  • Raglan Hall--built around 1933 and used for dances until 1990
  • Curtis House--went from Mt Morgan to Mt Larcom, then to Machine Ck and finally to the Village as the Caretaker's House
  • Hazeldean Church--built in 1933 on Hazeldean Station, closed to services in 1990
  • Clyde Hotel--built in 1870s near Clyde Ck, closed as hotel 1950, 1983 donated to Gladstone Vintage Car Club who relocated it to the Village
  • Barmundoo Homestead--Purchased froom the Qld Govt in 1994 and relocated to the Village


 

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Enquiries: Port Curtis Historical Society, PO Box 1038, Gladstone Qld 4680
Phone: (07) 4975 7883, Fax: (07) 4975 6764
E-mail: harveyh @ bigpond.com