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Kingaroy Heritage Museum stalwarts Harold Adlem and Wilf Young with the Stolzenberg thresher safely back in position … a 1920s thresher built by Wilf’s father Harry Young – a pioneer peanut grower in the West Wooroolin area – is on display inside the museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 27, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

An historic “walkie-talkie” Stolzenberg peanut thresher is back where it belongs, under cover outside the Kingaroy Heritage Museum in Edward Street.<\/p>\n

The thresher, built by George Stolzenberg, was used to thresh peanuts on local farms until the 1960s.<\/p>\n

It was donated to the Heritage Museum by the Stolzenberg family and was positioned outside when the Kingaroy Information Art and Heritage Precinct was developed in 2005.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council recently removed the wooden thresher so it could undergo necessary maintenance.<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning, Council workers returned the thresher, with a fresh coat of paint to protect it from the weather,.<\/p>\n

Museum volunteer Wilf Young said the Stolzie thresher was one of the first “walkie-talkie” threshers in the South Burnett.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before this, a thresher was set up in the paddock and stooks were carted in wagons to the thresher to be processed.<\/p>\n

“Walkie-talkie” threshers were pulled along by a tractor to each stook.<\/p>\n

Peanuts were bagged on a platform which hung from the back of the machine (now removed).<\/p>\n

A Council spokesperson said the was restoration project was funded through the 2019-20 Operational Budget.<\/p>\n

Edward Street was briefly closed to allow the thresher to be manoeuvred back into position.<\/p>\n

The Stolzenberg thresher is part a large collection of peanut machinery that is on display at the Kingaroy Heritage Museum, along with the history of peanut farming in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n