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Dr Arratta Memorial Museum

Dr Arratta Memorial Museum Muttaburra
After closure of the Muttaburra Hospital in 1974 the building was converted to a historical hospital display and general museum. The operating theatre dates back to 1933 and is equipped.

Qantas Founders Museum

Qantas Founders Museum Longreach
The Qantas Founders Museum includes the historic 1922 Qantas hangar. The complex houses historic photographs, memorabilia and multi-media interactive displays eloquently tell the inspirational stories of overcoming the problems of long distance travel in Outback Australia. A Boeing 747-200, donated by...

Royal Flying Doctor Centre

Royal Flying Doctor Service Charleville
As the slogan goes “Help Keep the Royal Flying Doctor Flying.” Take the time to visit the Royal Flying Doctors Centre where you will discover the valuable service, both past and present that the doctor delivers to the people...

Australian Workers Heritage Centre

The Australian Workers Heritage Centre Barcaldine
Located in the iconic outback Queensland town of Barcaldine, the Australian Workers Heritage Centre is the custodian of the rich heritage, history and traditions of all working Australians. Opened in 1991 and described by many as the unsung wonder of the...

Outback At Isa

Outback at Isa Mount Isa
Outback at Isa, get up close! The Hard Times Mine is a unique underground mining experience in a mine built and operated by real miners that provides a rare opportunity to get up close and experience first hand the...

Currawinya National Park

Hungerford
In Currawinya National Park, waterbirds and migratory shorebirds are drawn in their thousands to globally important wetlands - but the area has another special significance: the Bilby Fence.

Isis Downs Shearing Shed

Isisford
The Isis Downs Shearing Shed is the largest shearing shed in Australia. It consists of 52 shearing stands and is equipped with a rectangular sheep yard complex which, in its day, could hold 30,000 sheep at full capacity.

Windorah Visitor Information Centre

Windorah
The Windorah Visitor Information Centre is beside the Whitula Gate Museum in Maryborough Street. The centre is more than an Information Centre - it is a gathering place for the local residents.

Riversleigh Fossil Centre

Mount Isa
Fossils.

Maranoa Art Gallery

Mitchell
The Maranoa Art Gallery is housed in the beautifully transformed old Maranoa Picture Theatre and is the cultural hub of Mitchell.

Thargomindah Visitor Information Centre

Thargomindah
The Thargomindah Visitor Information Centre is housed in a building built from local mud brick prior to 1888 and used as a hospital until 1976, when a new hospital facility was built in Dowling Street.

Augathella Murals

Augathella
A picture speaks 1,000 words. What better way to share your history than to paint it on the fences and buildings of your town.

Ilfracombe Historical Society Incorporation

Ilfracombe
A wonderful display of machinery, some of it very rare and almost all collected within 100 miles of the town, can be seen at The Ilfracombe Historical Society Incorporation.

Bi-Centennial Museum

Cunnamulla
The Bi-Centennial Museum is located in the library and it is open Monday to Friday. The building was once the Masonic Lodge and the Lodge memorabilia is on display.

Stonehouse Museum

Boulia
When Boulia storekeeper James Edward Jones built his home in 1888, little did he know that it would become one of Western Queensland's major attractions.

Morven Historical Museum

Morven
The Morven Historical Museum comprises of five separate buildings: Building One has a delightful collection of memorabilia from the early days of European Settlement when the district pioneers were "taming the wild outback country".

Leahy Historical House

Thargomindah
Leahy House was built post 1885 when a deed of grant was made to the Thargomindah Newspaper Company. The house is built of local mud brick and was owned by Sir Sydney Kidman in the early 1900's.

Powerhouse Museum Wyandra

Wyandra
The Powerhouse Museum Wyandra is part of the Wyandra Heritage Trail. In 1955 two National engines were moved from Cunnamulla. Prior to that there was no electricity.

Whitula Gate Museum

Windorah
The Whitula Gate Museum is based around an original slab hut built by the Rabbit Board in 1906 as a boundary riders' hut.

Hydro Power Plant

Thargomindah
The Hydro Power Plant is the first in Australia and third in the World! In 1891 drilling commenced on a bore to supply the town with water and in 1893 an exceptionally good supply was struck at 795 metres (2650...

Corfield and Fitzmaurice Building

Winton
When you walk inside the heritage listed Corfield and Fitzmaurice building in the main street of Winton you are geographically close to where the fossilized bones of Australia's biggest dinosaurs were discovered and beyond the doorway awaits one of the...

Artesian Arts and Arts West

Blackall
Artesian Arts, located in Shamrock Street in Blackall, is the premier retail outlet for authentic Australian made art and craft in Central Western Queensland.

Town Hall Photographic Display

Charleville
In the Charleville Town Hall you will find an extensive photographic display depicting the Outback way of life and its characters. The photographers are local amateurs capturing the essence of everyday life in Outback Queensland.

Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Centre

Mount Isa
Some people call it the outback's greatest miracle – that phenomenal 'mantle of safety over the inland' known as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).

Outer Barcoo Interpretive Centre

Isisford
The Outer Barcoo Interpretive Centre features the world class fossil exhibit of ‘Isisfordia Duncani’, reported to be the ancestor of all modern crocodilians.

Flinders Discovery Centre

Hughenden
The Flinders Discovery Centre in Hughenden houses a skeletal life-size replica of the Muttaburrasaurus Langdoni, a dinosaur fossil display including local fossils, and gemstones and fossils from around the world.

Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame

Longreach
Discover the history behind some of Australia's bravest and most intrepid explorers - the stockmen and Aborigines of early pioneering Australia at the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame.

Longreach Powerhouse Museum

Longreach
The Longreach Powerhouse Museum showcases a unique blend of technical and local history within the Longreach Shire.

Charleville Heritage Trail

Charleville
Charleville Heritage Trail is a self guided trail that details a short ramble through the Business Centre of Charleville whilst showcasing the buildings of historical significance. Maps are available from the Charleville Visitor Information Centre.

Waltzing Matilda Centre

Winton
If there is one song that lives in the hearts of all Australians, it’s “Waltzing Matilda”. The song written by A.B. Banjo Paterson in 1895, has played a significant part in defining the Australian character.

Kronosaurus Korner

Richmond
Richmond is home to the Award winning Kronosaurus Korner. Inside Kronosaurus Korner you will find the only centre in Australia primarily dedicated to displaying marine reptiles, as well as a very special dinosaur.

The Barkly Tableland Heritage Centre

Camooweal
Travelling the Barkly Highway west from Mount Isa or east from Tennant Creek be sure not to miss a visit to The Barkly Tableland Heritage Centre in Camooweal. The heritage listed building dates to the 1890s.