NANANGO
Nanango is just 20k from Kingaroy on
the road to Brisbane and or the Sunshine Coast. This place is the
fourth oldest town in Queensland. In the very early days Nanango was a
‘gold discovery’ settlement.
The area around Nanango was
first settled by Europeans in 1847 by John Borthwick and William
Oliver from Ipswich taking up pastures for sheep farming.
The discovery of gold at
the Seven Mile Diggings near Nanango in 1867 precipitated a gold rush,
and consequently a local population boom, however the gold deposits
were found to be meagre.
The first commercial
establishment at the present site of Nanango township was Goode's Inn,
founded by prospector Jacob Goode. The inn served travelers journeying
from Brisbane and Limestone (now known as Ipswich). The town of
Nanango quickly developed around it.

Today Nanango's principal industries are power
generation and coal mining, farming in many forms, art and craftwork
and tourism.
Nanango is clearly proud of its past
heritage and this on display via mural
and sculpture works.
The Nanango Museum is a special and
clever surprise. The visitor is impressed.   
The War Memorial is located at the
town centre.
The Nanango Churches are of the
classic, paricularly the Catholic and turn of the century design. 
the Lutheran being modern
The three Nanango hotels are great/old
buildings.  
Nanango is a very impressive small
town. To get the most of the place the traveler will need an
overnighter at a minimum.
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