Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Retro Station For Grain.
Clermont, May 21 – The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company’s property, Retro, 18 miles east of Clermont, has been acquired by the Queensland British Food Corporation.
Retro contains 71,600 acres freehold and joins Peak Downs grain farm.
Retro was originally taken up by Messrs. Archer, of Gracemere, in 1855, then it passed to Mr. Gordon Sandeman and was working as an outstation of Gordon Downs. R Towns and Company were the next proprietors and the station was formed in 1870. The only improvements then were a hut and a horse paddock. The homestead, wool shed and fencing were all erected in 1870.
Retro then contained 200 square miles, 62,500 acres freehold being acquired by preemptive rights or auction, the remainder being held under lease. Retro then carried 72,000 sheep, but marsupials were very troublesome and 70 miles of wire netting were erected, at an