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The silos in 1945. The three free-standing silo structures known as Silos Nos 2, 3 and 4 stand prominently on Haly Street, Kingaroy, within the larger Peanut Company of Australia peanut processing plant which occupies a truncated rectangular block bounded by the streets Haly, Jarah and Alford Street East and the Kingaroy/Kilkivan railway line formation.
Kingaroy is the seat of the South Burrnett Region. [7] It is known as the "Peanut Capital of Australia" because Australia's largest peanut processing plant is located in the town and its peanut silo dominates the skyline. [8] Kingaroy is also known as the hometown of former Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. [9]
The Kingaroy Council Chambers, a single storey masonry building with Art Deco decorative features, is located on Haly Street directly opposite Kingaroy's towering peanut silos. In 2012 it forms part of the Kingaroy Visitor Information Centre and is linked to the former power house (now the Kingaroy Heritage Museum) via a connecting building to ...
Peanut silos, 1945. The South Burnett is a peanut growing and wine-producing area on the Great Dividing Range, north of the Darling Downs, in Queensland. It is with the basin of the Burnett River. The area is within two local government areas, South Burnett Region and Gympie Region.
Pages in category "Kingaroy" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Kingaroy Peanut Silos; Kingaroy Shire Council Chambers; M.
Church with the Kingaroy Peanut Silos in the background, 2005. St Michael and All Angels Church, Kingaroy is a very intact example of an early twentieth century timber-framed church and is positioned on a largely flat site to the east of Kingaroy's main retail street.
Kingaroy Shire Council Chambers, completed in 1938 [17] Masel Residence, Stanthorpe, completed in 1938 [18] Red Cross House, Sydney, completed in 1938 [19] Kingaroy Peanut Silos, completed in 1951 [20] Parliament House, Canberra, House of Representatives and Senate chamber, completed in 1988 [21]
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