Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The period 1884-1915 was one of mixed fortunes: resumption of stations for agricultural subdivision under the 1884 Land Act, sinking of artesian water bores following the 184-86 drought, rabbit plagues in the late 1880s, severe economic Depression of the 1890s, tick fever and the great drought (1894-1902), and shearer’s strikes in 1891 and 1894. Sheep numbers rose to nearly 22 million in 1892 – with three stations – Wellshot, Bowen Downs and Milo shearing one million between them. But in the 1900s sheep numbers stabilised at between 15 and 20 million and cattle rose to nearly four million.
From 1903 the problems of lack of local timber were overcome by settlers purchasing prefabricated timber houses such as Campbell’s Redicut Homes which had catalogue names such as ‘The Longreach’, ‘The Hughenden’ and ‘The Mitchell’, all with wide verandahs and overhanging roofs and the latter two with detached