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The initials carved on a tree by the surveyors who marked out Mowbullan (Photo: John Learmont)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 11, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is 11-12-13 … an interesting date but also one that resonates in the history of the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

On this day exactly 100 years ago, six men carved their initials in a tree on the Bunya Mountains.<\/p>\n

The men – F.J. Paterson, Thomas Webb, Jack Herbert, Alan Stirling, Alec Patterson and Dinny Hart – were members of a survey party marking out the area that was to become Mowbullan township.<\/p>\n

They carved their initials into a tree – FJP, TW, JAH, AS, AELP and DH – along with the propitious date 11-12-13.<\/p>\n

The party, led by surveyor Frank Paterson – later mayor of Toowoomba – marked out the township on part of Portion 444 of the Parish of Maida Hill on the western side of what is now the Bunya Mountains Road.<\/p>\n

The half acre building sites were sold for \u00a335.<\/p>\n

A section of the blazed tree now resides at the Hillview museum, located behind Cedarvale Cottage, the Bunya Mountains Natural History Association’s information centre at Dandabah.<\/p>\n

It was donated to the association by Mrs Alan Stirling (Snr).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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