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In 1875 the local parish priest Father Geranimo Davadi originally from Le Marche Italy encouraged the tin miners to diversify as he could foresee problems when incomes from tin petered out. He even helped with cuttings from his own established nursery. His first vineyard being the horse paddock of the presbytery. Later planting a vineyard at the foot of Mt Marley. He is referred to as ‘ Father of the Fruit Industry ‘. Italian Influx After both world wars there was an influx of mainly Italian immigrants to the region many taking up land that Soldier settlers had abandoned. Some of them working and or farming on orchards and table grape vineyards. Local growers then making and providing bulk wine from excess ripe grapes to supply to their family and friends in the northern Queensland cane fields. A few vineyards today can trace their history back to this time with Bungawarra (Angelo Barbagallo 1920’s), Ballandean Estate (Salvatore Cardillo 1930) and Rumbalara (1928) all being established on older table grape vineyards. Source: granitebeltwine.info/history/

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The high country around Stanthorpe, with its characteristic rounded granite boulders and monoliths is a distinctive part of Queensland. Originally settled by squatters pressing north from the New England tableland, later prospected by tin, metal, and gold miners, then taken up for fruit growing by soldier settlers and Italian migrants, it is now well known for its fruit, vegetables, vineyards, and winter tourism. Geologically it is a northern extension of the New England Tableland of New South Wales. In summary, old hard sedimentary rocks (‘traprock’) of the Texas Beds make up the western part of the district, whilst farther east large bodies of molten granitic magma have invaded the older rocks and slowly cooled at great depths to form the Stanthorpe Granite and other granites. The granites have been later revealed at the surface by erosion of the overlying older rocks, and erosion of them has contributed sands and gravels to broad river plains to the north. These resulting sedimentary rocks are some of the first of the Clarence-Moreton Basin. Source: mysd.com.au/fieldnats/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/05...