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Finch Hatton Historic Railway Station
and Internet Access Centre
Opening Hours
10:00 am - 3:00 pm daily
Subject to change
Enquiries
c/- Post Office Finch Hatton,
Q 4756
Phone: 07 4958 3400
E-mail: finchhatton
@ mcs.net.au
We're on Eungella Road, just as you enter town. Entry is free.
Come inside and view the extensive photographic display of the history of Finch
Hatton and surrounding areas. Browse the books available. Read of the area and
learn something of the sugar industry. You can also pick up free brochures of
local interest and to help you on your travels.
The railway from Pinnacle to Finch Hatton was built as a shire tramway by the Pioneer
Shire Council nand opened in 1904. The station was originally know as Hatton;
it's name was changed in 1906 to Pelion and a few months later to Finch Hatton.
The government took over the tramway in 1910 and extended the railway to the base of
the Eungella Range (Netherdale) in 1911. Services began to be withdrawn in 1977.
John Kerr's 1991 book "Top Mill in the Valley: Cattle Creek Sugar Mill, Finch
Hatton" documents the local mill (1906-1990) and is likely available in
Australian public libraries.
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