quilpie

Thompson and Hulse, shearing contractors, took up a lease of land in 1935 and built a wool scour. Mark A Hulse J. P. originally from England - "The Home" - operated the business. Mark lived with his wife and family in Jaburi Street Quilpie. The wool scour used the water from the bore sunk in 1933, to wash the wool. The scour provided off-season employment for Quilpie shearers. During World War 2 the large wool scour shed was used as a training center by the Quilpie Section of the Volunteer Defence Force. The site of the wool scour was near the junction of the present-day airfield runways. The sinking of the dam by the bullock team, the transporting to this site of the steam engine by camel train, the collection of heavy equipment such as ships tanks, wash boxes, and a centrifugal dryer, and the use of steam power before electricity came to Quilpie, is a measure of the ingenuity and enterprise of our forebears. Source: monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/landscape/settlement/disp...

This iconic outback town played an important part in the history of the Quilpie Shire, as it was once the central business center. The town is named after Ada Constance Stevens (wife of Ernest James Stevens). The Stevens family had the Tintinchilla (later Milo) pastoral run in the area. There is a story that the origin of the name is that Ada lost her hat veil (Ada-veil) when the Milo road crosses Blackwater Creek. Town and suburban lots in the town of Adavale were sold on 9 February 1881 at Charleville The town was a thriving center but, in 1917, the Western railway line did not come to the town as expected but passed further to the south where the new town of Quilpie was created along the railway line, and soon became the major town in the region while Adavale diminished. In 1930, it was decided that the seat of local government should move from Adavale to Quilpie and the Shire of Adavale was renamed the Shire of Quilpie. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adavale

Adavale is located approximately 100 kilometres north east of Quilpie. The township was proclaimed on 3 December 1872 and by 1897 five hotels soothed the dusty throats of travellers and locals alike. The mail coach Cobb and Co stopped in the town on its way from Charleville via Cheepie to Windorah. The name Adavale has been said to derive from the horse and buggy days when in 1870 a Mr Stevens, who later became Member of Warrego 1879 to 1922 and State Treasurer, was out driving with his wife when the veil from her hat blew away. It is believed he called out 'there goes Ada's veil' hence the crossing was Ada's Veil Crossing and subsequently Adavale. Today Adavale is a much smaller township with a population of only twelve people. An Artesian bore supplies water and the town has rural power. The town is well worth a look as it is a town filled with history, stories and memories. The locals have done a marvellous job celebrating their history, culture and dry Outback humour. A mini museum, in the old butcher house, displays local relics from more than a century ago. Source: www.australianexplorer.com/adavale.htm#:~:text