Wowan, Dawson Valley, a rapidly growing dairying centre
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Load of cotton, 48 cwt, to Wowan
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Wowan Railway Station (Dawson Valley Line)
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Cotton plantation, Wowan, Dawson Valley
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Wowan
Wowan, a rural town, is 70 km south-west of Rockhampton. The earliest place of European settlement in the Wowan district was Dundee (now Deeford), on the Dee River which flows through Mount Morgan. Dundee is about five km south-east of Wowan. It opened a local school in 1900 and had a slab-built hotel.
Further Reading:
Betty Perry, Two Valleys - One Destiny: a history of Banana, 'shire of opportunity', Biloela, Banana Shire Council, 2005
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