{"id":197850,"date":"2017-12-13T20:25:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T10:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=197850"},"modified":"2020-08-09T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T05:18:41","slug":"history-on-show-at-blackbutt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/12\/13\/history-on-show-at-blackbutt\/","title":{"rendered":"History On Show At Blackbutt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The restored Nukku rail siding building sits alongside the former Nukku State School building at Blackbutt … the local historical society has long-term plans to locate an old railway hand cart to place on the strip of railway line in front of the building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 13, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Railway buffs should take a moment to drop into the restored Nukku rail siding building which now sits alongside the former Nukku School on the rail trail at Blackbutt.<\/p>\n

The siding building has had an eventful history.<\/p>\n

After serving the farms around Nukku, it was shifted to Yarraman by Doug and Mavis Webber many years ago and placed next to their house in Millar Street.<\/p>\n

Doug ran a saddlery business and used the siding building as his workshop and storeroom.<\/p>\n

When Doug died about 30 years ago, the building was shut up, complete with saddles still inside.<\/p>\n

After Mavis died in 2014, the couple\u2019s children Michael Webber and Jenny Maude, donated the building to the Blackbutt and District Tourism and Heritage Association (BDTHA).<\/p>\n

It was shifted into its new home, beside the old Nukku school building in 2015 where a group of volunteers, including BDTHA patron Barry Richardson, got stuck into repairing and painting the building.<\/p>\n

The waiting area now features a display of rail memorabilia, historic photos, newspaper clippings and a mural of the rail trail painted by Blackbutt artist Janet Skinner.<\/p>\n