Nathan Kuhn and Cassie Rea, from Byee, were checking out the dairy displays in the old bank building
October 7, 2025
South Burnett residents and visitors had the opportunity to step back in time on Saturday at the Queensland Dairy and Heritage Museum in Murgon.
Old-time skills were on display at the Heritage Day … including rope making, shingle splitting, blacksmithing, spinning and whip-making.
There was damper being made (always stir in the milk with a knife!), dairy cattle (of course) and displays of classic cars and old tractors from the Goomeri Chrome Bumpers car club and the Kingaroy & District Vintage Machinery club.
Other vintage modes of transport were also on display, including cart rides courtesy of the Murgon Men’s Shed and Spike Butler.
Volunteers from the Murgon Show Society were kept busy at the barbecue while other volunteers looked after the canteen.
Visitors also pored over the history of the local dairy industry – including butter and cheese making – inside the old Bank of New South Wales building.
The old bank also houses a display of minerals collected by the late Vic Rewald.
The Queensland Dairy and Heritage Museum volunteers are on the lookout for people to join their ranks.
Anyone interested should phone the museum on (07) 4169-5001.
Russell Dower, from the Kingaroy & District Vintage Machinery Club, with Robert Hansen, from Greenview, and Robert’s 1966 Morris Mini ute, part of the Goomeri Chrome Bumpers displayHayden Jenkins, Louise Lynne and Malcolm and Reagan Jenkins, from Mt Kanigan, were demonstrating how to make ropeJohn Armstrong, from the Murgon Men’s Shed, and Dairy Museum volunteers Charlie and Lynda Steele were making damperSpinners Judy Gray, from Tablelands, and Kathy Hansen, from Murgon, were hard at work on the verandah of Trinity Homestead… the slab building was constructed in 1893 and was previously located in the Tansey DistrictBrett Carseldine, from Toowoomba, was demonstrating leather plaiting to make the handle of this whipArcher Bodycote, from Gympie, was demonstrating blacksmithing skills as part of Gympie’s Forgeahead Youth Program displayArcher Bodycote, Hannah Baade, Christian Baker and Philip Vrbancic with world champion blacksmith and Forgeahead Youth Program founder Dan Davie, second from rightColin Williams, from Gympie, was demonstrating how to split shingles … wooden shingles were used as a roofing material before tiles or corrugated ironSouth Burnett Mayor Kathy Duff caught up with members of the Murgon Show Society who were looking after the barbecueCanteen volunteers Cecily Saunders, Jan Ferguson, Maureen Mitchell and Oriel Black in “The Barn”
