Muckadilla

Here we are at Muckadilla. The pub was just rebuilt and is super busy. The community offers camping behind the hall for a donation. Good showers and toilets make this a good stop.

Here's some extra info from the old railway station building.

*PROVIDED BY MUCKADILLA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

MUCKADILLA VILLAGE HAS WALKS THAT TELLS THE HISTORY FROM WHEN THE SLOW MOVING HORSE & OXEN TEAMS CAME THROUGH TO PRESENT FAST MOVING ROAD TRAINS. BOTH HAVE SERVED THE OPENING UP OF SW QLD. #SHORT, INTERMEDIATE + LONG WALKS WITH A GUIDE TO THIS HISTORY OF THE MUCKADILLA PEOPLE + BUSINESS

WHO HAVE SERVED THROUGH THE YEARS.

WE HOPE THAT LOCALS TRAVELLERS ALIKE WILL BENEFIT FROM KNOWING HOW MUCKADILLA RESIDENTS LIVED, WORKED AND PLAYED DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS,

"Country good enough to fatten a crowbar!" This was the quote COINED by local grazier Barry McMullen, when referring to the Muckadilla area.

In 1846, Explorer Sir Thomas Mitchell ascended the north-eastern extremity
of Mt Abundance and quoth, "...from it beheld the finest country I had ever seen in a primeval state - a champaign region, spotted with wood, stretching as far as human vision or even the telescope could reach."

Many pastoralists came with their livestock to settle the district.

Muckadilla has a significant place in the history of the Maranoa Region.

Sir Thomas Mitchell discovered that the local aboriginal tribe called the creek Muckadilla, meaning 'Muddy Water'. In 1848 Ludwig Leichhardt wrote his last known written document at a shepherd's hut south of Muckadilla, originally part of the huge Mount Abundance selection. With the

resumption of Mt Abundance Station, blocks of land were put up for selection

in May 1927, allowing settlers to raise sheep and cattle as well as farm.
Many of the original families remain in the area along with many newcomers.

They all survive the vagaries of living through good times, drought, fires and
economic downturns. Each is proud to say, come from Muckadilla."

The Muckadilla community is made of people, properties, businesses and sporting events. Right from when the horse and bullock teams came to water at Muckadilla Creek there have been
many characters. Some have bought properties, started businesses and played many forms of sport.

There have been Merino sheep studs of world distinction, the Muckadilla Railway and Hot Mud Baths, Pub, Store and Service Station, along with others who have served the community well. Tennis, cricket, horse racing, polocrosse, clay target shooting and rifle shooting are popular activities in the district, with some members going on to represent Australia!

Frank Forde, an Australian Prime Minister, called Muckadilla home, as well as long standing Federal Member for Maranoa, Bruce Scott. Harry Murray V.C., the most decorated Australian soldier, owned "Blairmack", a local property renowned for quality sheep production.

Others have fought in all the wars from the Boer War to Afghanistan.
When you go home tell your friends, "I've been to Muckadilla - have you?"Read more