Model of the Kingaroy Court House Redevelopment

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The first Kingaroy Post Office opened by 1902 (a receiving office had been open from 1895) and was renamed Taabinga Village in 1905, when Kingaroy Railway Station office opened. This was renamed Kingaroy in 1907. The Taabinga Village office closed in 1929.

The foundation stone of the Kingaroy Soldiers’ Memorial Rotunda was laid on 25 April 1922 (ANZAC Day) by the RSL president Sergeant Norman Booth. It was dedicated on 29 June 1932 by Major-General Sir Thomas William Glasgow.

The Royal Australian Air Force had a significant operational and training presence in the region during the Second World War, the first squadrons deploying to the town’s airport about mid-1942. At least eight squadrons were based at RAAF Kingaroy the, together with No. 3 Initial Training School. Kingaroy R.A.A.F. Post Office was open from 7 August 1942 until 28 February 1946.

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