{"id":40240,"date":"2013-07-30T23:02:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T13:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=40240"},"modified":"2020-12-14T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T04:31:17","slug":"back-to-wengenville-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/07\/30\/back-to-wengenville-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Back To Wengenville Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bert Argo and Yvonne Schatte with Bert’s new crane at Wengenville in 1951\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 30, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

A “Back to Wengenville Day” is being organised by the Bunya Mountains Natural History Association as part of a push to make sure the former town in the foothills of the Bunya Mountains is not forgotten.<\/p>\n

The day – to be held on Saturday, October 5 –\u00a0\u00a0will coincide with the official unveiling of signs to be erected by the South Burnett Regional Council which will mark the location of the town, the sawmill, and the school.<\/p>\n

Wengenville is one of the South Burnett\u2019s genuine \u201ctimber towns\u201d.<\/p>\n

At its height there was a school, shops, houses and a thriving sawmill which operated from the 1920s until 1961,\u00a0processing timber from the nearby mountains.<\/p>\n

These days, the town is\u00a0still marked on many maps but there\u2019s little to be seen in the locality, only one house on the side of the Maidenwell Bunya Mountains Road.<\/p>\n

The association is still gathering photographs of the old town and sawmill.<\/p>\n

Anyone with photographs \u2013 or any stories \u2013 about Wengenville should contact Gaye Smith, from the Association, on (07) 4163-1365 or John Learmont on 0409-625-865.<\/strong><\/p>\n