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South Burnett Regional Council has issued tenders for the demolition of the Tingoora Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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From the Courier-Mail, November 27, 1933 (Trove)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 18, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

D-Day has arrived for the much-loved but dilapidated Tingoora Hall, with the South Burnett Regional Council opening tenders for its removal or demolition.<\/p>\n

The fate of the hall – which opened in 1933 – has been the subject of local discussion for years.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council wrote the unused building off its Asset Register more than a decade ago but postponed any decision on its future.<\/p>\n

This was partly caused by the hall\u2019s location \u2013 it was sited across two blocks of land, one owned by Council and the other by the Hall\u2019s committee (all of whom were deceased) \u2013 and partly because of legal difficulties surrounding the original hall committee\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

The Council called two public meetings in 2022 and 2023 to discuss the Hall\u2019s future with Tingoora residents before discussing how to proceed.<\/p>\n

In January 2024 – at the last meeting of the last Council term – councillors discussed the five options available for the site:<\/strong><\/p>\n