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Enquiries: Port Curtis Historical Society, PO Box 1038, Gladstone Qld 4680
Phone: (07) 4975 7883
E-mail: harveyh @ bigpond.com

Calliope River Historical Village

Calliope's local history museum, six km north of the Calliope Crossroads and 100 km south of Rockhampton, is located beside the Bruce Highway near the Calliope River crossing. The museum is open daily and the site is visible from the highway and nearby 24 hour driver facilities, making an interesting stop on long trips.

Railway facilities include a wooden QR carriage, two camp wagons, the Yarwun station (photo below) and the Gladstone Railway Museum Collection. The Village is also the home for the Gladstone area live steam modellers (MELSA) and the Gladstone District Model Railway Group.

The Village's several historical buildings, many of which contain specific collections, include:

Raglan Hall--built around 1933 and used for dances until 1990
Curtis House--went from Mt Morgan to Mt Larcom, then to Machine Ck and finally to the Village as the Caretaker's House
Hazeldean Church--built in 1933 on Hazeldean Station, closed to services in 1990
Clyde Hotel--built in 1870s near Clyde Ck, closed as hotel 1950, 1983 donated to Gladstone Vintage Car Club who relocated it to the Village
Barmundoo Homestead--Purchased froom the Qld Govt in 1994 and relocated to the Village
The Larson Cottage--Built in 1900 in Kin Kora for the Larson family, who operated a dairy farm supplying Gladstone. Has typical Queensland open stud exterior construction on the verandah.

Yarwin station at the museum, Lynn Zelmer photo.