| 41. | From the early 1900s the state Governments established a program to develop stock route water facilities throughout the stock route network.
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| 42. | The township was founded in 1885 as a centre for travellers and drovers where a stock route crossed the Georgina River.
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| 43. | Further, the Travelling Stock Routes provide a serendipitous solution to the problem of biodiversity connectivity in the face of climate change.
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| 44. | Newnham Road in Wishart was originally part of a stock route from farming areas south of Brisbane to the Cannon Hill saleyards.
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| 45. | The area was inundated with of rain in 1909, enough to get all the rivers running and reopen closed stock routes.
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| 46. | Well 23 on the Canning Stock Route was the next objective, but he was unable to find it though being close.
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| 47. | From the crossing, the southern section of the old stock route extends approximately 420 metres to the Yeppoon-Byfield Road.
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| 48. | Camooweal was formed as a supply centre for pastoral runs at the junction of the Georgina stock route and Northern Territory road.
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| 49. | The Canning Stock Route is now a popular but challenging four-wheel drive trek typically taking 10 to 20 days to complete.
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| 50. | Many found work with the drovers using the stock route and successful droves relied on the skill of these Aboriginal stockmen and women.
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