MILES
Traveling west after Chinchilla along
the Warrego Hgy the town of Miles is encountered. Miles is also due
south of Wandoan, our last Leichardt Hgy town. Miles, after all of the
other smaller communities after Emerald is a big change.

Formerly known as Dogwood Crossing, the town is
situated on Dogwood Creek, named by German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt
in 1844. The town was renamed Miles in honour of the Queensland
Colonial Secretary, William Miles
The economy of Miles is
based mainly on agriculture and cropping, producing wheat, sorghum,
barley and cotton. Timber production is another area of economic
activity and in common with much of Western Queensland, cattle and
sheep grazing, including feedlots is widespread.
In addition, a mining
industry utilising rich deposits of bentonite clay is developing.
.Miles Historic
Village 
is a class act and is a highly recommended visit. Be sure to study the
detail in the pictures and charts in the War Museum
and the Union Hotel .
A discovered ancestor perhaps. 
The Hotels in Miles are the
traditional pub buildings.  
The Miles War Memorial is in the main
street.
The Miles Churches are of the modern
era.
 
The Dogwood Centre should be visited. 
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