Camp at bore number 4, Tinnenburra, c1910. Queensland State Archives

Queensland State Archives

Tinnenburra, c1901

Tinnenburra, QLD
Australia
1 January 1901
11 October 2010
11 October 2010

Location

Tinnenburra, QLD
Australia

Mitchell Library

Tinnenburra c1901. This map drafted by FW Biden depicts the pastoral boundaries of Tinnenburra at the turn of the twentieth century. The map shows important imformation on the running of the property including the location of artesian bores, tanks, dams and the different vegetation types. Collection of the Mitchell Library

Tinnenburra, 1886

Tinnenburra, QLD
Australia
1 January 1886
11 October 2010
11 October 2010

Location

Tinnenburra, QLD
Australia
Lands Department

Queensland State Archives

Under the provisions of the Crown Lands Act 1884 Tinnenburra was divided in two sections comprising 1274 and 2062 square miles respectively. Lands Department, September 1886. Queensland State Archives 

Maranoa Charlie, Kunja elder, c1910. Dubbed 'King of Tinnenburra'. Queensland State Archives

Queensland State Archives

For those in search of a triumphant colonial past populated with eccentric pioneers, the historic Tinnenburra property located in south-west Queensland is rich pickings.

The Great Shearers’ Strike of 1891 was a major confrontation between Queensland graziers and their shearing hands.

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