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\"Wengenville<\/a>
A picnic party in the Bunya Mountains in the 1930s … a reunion on Saturday, October 5 will recall the lost Bunya Mountains town of Wengenville<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"South<\/a>September 10, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The “lost world” of Wengenville will be recalled on Saturday, October 5 when the Bunya Mountains Natural History Association hosts a “Back To Wengenville Reunion” on the site of the now-vanished town.<\/p>\n

Wengenville is located on Wengen Creek in the eastern foothills of the Bunya Mountains and was one of the South Burnett\u2019s genuine “timber towns”.<\/p>\n

From the 1920s until 1961 it had a thriving sawmill employing 40 timber workers, processing timber from the nearby mountains, that supported the town.<\/p>\n

In its heydey Wengenville had 23 houses, a single men’s quarters, a hall, school, post office\/store and telephone exchange, a butcher\u2019s shop, two tennis courts and a cricket ground.<\/p>\n

But when the sawmill closed, the school closed shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n

And these days – while the town is still marked on many maps – there\u2019s little to be seen in the locality apart from a single house on the side of the Maidenwell Bunya Mountains Road.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, October 5 the Reunion will get underway at 9:00am when former residents and interested members of the public will be asked to gather on the site of the vanished town for a remembrance.<\/p>\n

Then at 9:30am the South Burnett Regional Council will unveil three signs showing where the township, the sawmill, and the school were once situated.<\/p>\n

After this, activities will move to Maidenwell Hall, where morning tea and lunch can be purchased.<\/p>\n

The Tanduringie State School and the Maidenwell CWA will be catering at the Hall, and the get-together will be a great way for city-dwellers to experience true country hospitality in an authentic, relaxed country environment.<\/p>\n

Everyone is welcome to attend the Reunion, but to assist with castering an RSVP would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n

You can make one by phoning Gaye Smith on (07) 4163-1365, Audrey Sampson on (07) 4164-6198, Ruth Humphrys on (07) 4663-4744 or John and Sandy Learmont on (0409) 625-865.<\/p>\n

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