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Wooroolin Lions Club members position the Stolzenberg thresher inside its new home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 31, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visitors to Wooroolin now have the opportunity to see a piece of the South Burnett’s peanut farming industry up close following the installation of an historic Stolzenberg thresher next to the South Burnett Rail Trail.<\/p>\n

Wooroolin Lions Club received a grant from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund to build a shelter to house the wooden stationary thresher, which was used for many years on local properties.<\/p>\n

Stolzenberg threshers were designed and built in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

Wooroolin Lions Club members moved the piece of farm machinery into its new home on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Club member Noel Weller said the group was now researching the history of the machine for signage which will be added to the display.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is believed to date back to at least the 1940s and was originally owned by a local farmer, Jake Peterson.<\/p>\n

It was then sold at auction to Ivin Ritchings who stored it at first on Stan Marshall’s property and then in\u00a0Barney Horne’s shed.<\/p>\n

Ivin donated the thresher to Wooroolin Lions about seven or eight years ago.<\/p>\n

Noel said that because the thresher had been stored for so long it was in outstanding condition.<\/p>\n

“We didn’t have to do anything to it, ” he said.<\/p>\n

The last time it is known to have been used is during the “Back To Wooroolin” centenary celebrations.<\/p>\n

Local councillor Ros Heit said she was “absolutely delighted” the thresher was now on display.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It was one of the first peanut threshers in the region,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I am delighted that a bit of Wooroolin’s history has been preserved.”<\/p>\n

The thresher display is just a few metres away from the relocated Wooroolin Railway Station, another Wooroolin Lions Club project.<\/p>\n

“The Wooroolin Lions are amazing,” Cr Heit said.<\/p>\n

“They did an amazing job with the train station and now the thresher has been preserved.”<\/p>\n

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