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	Winton, Queensland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Winton is a town and Local Government Area in central west Queensland, Australia, located 177 kilometres northwest of Longreach.
		Lark Quarry, 115 kilometres southwest of Winton, has preserved evidence of dinosaur stampede.
		Winton is intimately involved in the story of the popular Australian folk song, Waltzing Matilda, which had its first performance in the North Gregory Hotel in the town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winton,_Queensland (134 words)

	Winton Australia.
		Winton's principle claim to fame is that an incident at the nearby Combo Waterhole at Dagworth Station is said to be the stimulus behind the uniquely Australian anthem 'Waltzing Matilda'.
		Winton was also the location of the first office for Qantas and to commerate this there is a model of their first plane, an AVRO 504K and a presentation on the early days of the airline.
		Winton is one of Queensland biggest cattle trucking depots and frequented by many of the huge 3-5 trailer Road trains which ply the outback roads.
	www.auinfo.com /Winton-Queensland.html (479 words)

	queensland outback winton
		Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service (Qantas), Australia's national airline was formed in Winton in November, 1920 and its first board meeting was held in the Winton Club on 21 February 1921.
		Winton is famous for its water supply which thrusts its way to the earth's surface from three artesian bores, all around 1,200 metres deep emerging at a temperature of 83 degrees Celsius.
		Winton is in the centre of Matilda Country, a diverse region in which vast Mitchell Grass plains are broken by magnificent coloured gorges, ridges and jump-ups.
	www.sunzine.com.au /outback/winton.html (360 words)

	farmonline
		Winton lost out in that instance, but this individual took many photos which went on a database that was later trawled by Tony Clarke, site location manager for The Proposition.
		Winton beat the Flinders Ranges to the post when a team of four, including director John Hillcoat, travelled to the town and were duly impressed, and filming commenced shortly after in November last year.
		With the PFTC pitching Queensland — and Winton as one of three specific locations — to Hollywood, the sojourn in the limelight is set to continue.
	nqr.farmonline.com.au /news.asp?editorial_id=65257 (480 words)

	Colored Stone November/December 2002 - Opal Miners Celebrate Native Deal
		The Winton ILUA is just one piece of the messy puzzle that is "native title," the legal concept that aboriginal peoples of Australia are entitled to land they traditionally occupied or were connected to.
		This was a precursor to the Winton agreement approved on June 13, 2002, which was the first ILUA of that scope made in Queensland.
		Queensland considers itself the birthplace of the Australian opal industry, with centers in Winton and Quilpie.
	www.tucsonshowguide.com /stories/nov02/qldopal.cfm (1570 words)

	Winton Queensland - Travel Action Matilda Country
		Winton is now the home of the Waltzing Matilda Centre, a state-of-the-art museum which was opened in 1998 as a tribute to Australia's national song and the Australian character.
		The Winton Shire has a population of 1200 people and its major industries are cattle, sheep, livestock transport, opal mining and gypsum.
		An average rainfall of 400mm per year means that Winton relies on bore water.
	www.action-graphics.com.au /matilda/pages/winton/wintonintro.html (219 words)

	Walkabout - Winton
		Winton, originally known as Pelican Waterhole, owes its existence to the abortive Burke and Wills expedition and the subsequent expeditions which scoured central Queensland looking for the missing explorers.
		The town of Winton was duly gazetted in 1879.
		Undoubtedly Winton's greatest claim to fame is its association with 'Banjo' Paterson and particularly with the writing, and first performance of, 'Waltzing Matilda'.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/QLDWinton.shtml (1712 words)

	Waltzing Matilda Centre, Winton
		The Waltzing Matilda Centre, in the heart of Winton, is the world’s only tourism attraction dedicated to a song.
		Winton is regarded as the home of Australian bush poetry, and nearby is the only place in the world you can see the fossilised footprints of a dinosaur stampede made 93 million years ago.
		The Queensland Heritage Trails Network is a joint initiative of the Queensland Government and the Commonwealth Government - through the Federation Fund - to provide a lasting legacy to the Centenary of Federation.
	www.heritagetrails.qld.gov.au /attractions/winton1.html (362 words)

	Winton, Australia
		Winton lies in an extensive sheep-farming area, and it was one of the scenes of the great sheep shearers' strike in 1891.
		The wool was formerly carried in ox carts to Winton for onward transport by rail; nowadays it is mainly cattle from the Channel Country and the Northern Territory that are brought to Winton by huge road trains for loading on to the railroad.
		The town's water supply comes from deep artesian bores at a temperature of 70°C. The town's main features of interest are the Quantilda Pioneer Museum (irregular opening hours) and the statue of a swagman near the swimming pool, commemorating the early settlers.
	www.planetware.com /australia/winton-aus-qld-wntn.htm (224 words)

	Vertebrate Palaeontology & Biomechanics Lab, The University of Queensland
		A combined University of Queensland and Queensland Museum team today announced the finding following thorough examination of the fossil evidence from a dig near Winton, central-western Queensland, earlier this year.
		University of Queensland researcher and project team leader Dr Steve Salisbury said today that the fossil locality was the first dinosaur site in Australia in which the remains of two sauropods had been found together.
		Winton Shire Council is also helping through a yearly cash contribution that is alleviating some of the cost associated with freight and field consumables.
	www.uq.edu.au /dinosaurs?page=14501&pid=14092 (1456 words)

	Largest music festival in Australia launched in Winton :: ABC Western Queensland
		Queensland's Arts Minister Anna Bligh says 280 events are planned across 20 locations, making the festival the largest geographically in the world.
		She says Winton was the perfect place to begin the music festival.
		Along with the Winton musical fence band was the Barcaldine Big Marimba band, the Winton Walting Matilda choir, H'Sao was a special treat for lovers of African music, they're a band that's originally from Chad and now based in Montreal.
	www.abc.net.au /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/westqld/stories/s1418141.htm (489 words)

	Outback Tours, Tourism, Farm Stays, Outback Accommodation Carisbrooke Station, Winton, Outback Queensland, Australia.
		A outback queensland tourist complex in the heart of Banjo Patterson and the Waltzing Matilda Country, 85km south west of Winton in Queensland's Outback.
		Set amidst the red mesa splendour of Cory's Range and the William's Valley, Queensland Australia.The working sheep and cattle station abounds with wildlife and natural vegetation and your hosts Charles, (Charlie) and Anne Phillott and their family, invite you to experience this fascinating and unique part of Australia, as their guest.
		Winton itself can be accessed daily by McCafferty's express coaches from Brisbane, Qantas Air Services from Brisbane via Longreach and Townsville to Winton on Tuesdays and Thursdays, or every day to Longreach with a coach connection for the last 177km.
	www.carisbrooketours.com.au (578 words)

	Waltzing Matilda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lyrics to the song were written in 1895 by the poet and nationalist Banjo Paterson, who originally set them to a slightly different tune.
		In September 1894, on a station called Dagworth (north of Winton), some shearers were in a strike that turned violent.
		The song itself was first performed on 6 April 1895 at the North Gregory Hotel in Winton, Queensland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waltzing_Matilda (1888 words)

	PFTC - News & Events - Events Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Queensland has once again proved to be an ideal location for filming quality Australian and international films, with filming wrapping up on the Australian/UK co-production The Proposition in Winton last week.
		Ms Bligh, who met with the film's director John Hillcoat and producer Chris Brown in Brisbane today, said she was particularly pleased to hear how the filmmakers had worked closely with the local community, including the local indigenous community.
		Chris Brown, the Queensland-based producer of the film, said the cast and crew had found the people of Winton to be most hospitable.
	www.pftc.com.au /pftc_2004/news/view_news.asp?news_id=442 (355 words)

	Military Stories: Boer War: The Winton Send Off
		They were, he believed, all good men in the bush, and when the fighting was over it was just possible that the Brands Act might be suspended for a time and it would be their own fault if they did not benefit by this to become station holders.
		It had been reserved for this year to show that a large proportion of the citizens of Great Britain and those who were true and loyal to her in the colonies, were prepared to take their place in foreign lands and stand side by side with the regulars.
		The way in which Queensland men had fought already was a matter for sincere congratulations, and he felt sure the men they were sending off would uphold the honour of the Empire.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /military/winton.htm (1325 words)

	Gemstone Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In a dry, rocky area where the spinifex grows Southwest of Winton, dinosaurs once roamed.
		And yet, that’s what it was, when one day there was an incredible stampede - a dinosaur stampede which has been recorded by nature and translated by man, 100 million years after the event.
		The dinosaur trackways are temporarily closed to visitors for a major preservation upgrade sponsored by the Queensland Heritage Trails Network.
	www.opalshop.com.au /shopTalk_stories_queensland_info_LarkQuarry.htm (230 words)

	AusEmade: Winton Information and Attractions, Queensland (QLD), Australia
		First settled in 1873 the area became known as the Pelican Waterhole or Wallace’s Camp, eventually being named Winton by Robert Allen, the first settler and postmaster, who in 1876 built a hotel/store where the town is now located.
		The best place to start your tour of Winton is at the Waltzing Matilda Centre in Elderslie Street it also incorporates the Outback Regional Art Gallery and the Quantilda Museum.
		Other items of interest; Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service (QANTAS) was formed in Winton in November 1920 and its first board meeting was held in the Winton Club on 21 February 1921 before moving its operational base to Longreach, QLD.
	www.ausemade.com.au /qld/destination/w/winton-attractions.htm (519 words)

	The Amazing Little Town of Winton, Queensland
		Winton, with a population of about 1,500, is a very pleasant Outback town and, I decided, was a good place to spend the night.
		The other important event in Winton’s history happened in 1921, when a couple of pilots got together here and formed the “Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service,” which they abbreviated to Qantas.
		The first meeting of Qantas took place in the Winton Club, which still stands (although part of it today is a takeout Chinese restaurant -- seriously).
	www.delsjourney.com /travels_2001-02/story_list/oz/winton_queensland.htm (658 words)

	The Hindu : Oasis in the outback
		Population 1,200, Winton, in the far west of the massive Australian state, is neither a film capital of note nor a cultural mecca of consequence.
		As large as the outdoor screen is at Winton's sole picture palace it pales into insignificance when compared to a spectacular "stage" elsewhere on which a real life drama once occurred.
		Well west of Longreach and just past Winton on the Min Min Byway to Boulia, red rivergums grow even closer to the banks of seasonal waterholes, the squawk of the red parrot is the only sound to break the silence of this timeless land.
	www.hindu.com /2001/04/22/stories/1322041i.htm (1651 words)

	Outback - Queensland Holidays
		Queensland’s Outback, Australia’s final frontier, invites you to experience its spectacular wonders.
		Follow in the footsteps of early pioneers and marvel at the rugged terrain and beautiful Coolabah-lined rivers.
		Queensland's Outback has a plethora of great places for you to stay on your holiday.
	www.queenslandholidays.com.au /destinations/outback (243 words)

	Queensland Museum Corporate
		The Queensland Museum is valued as an innovative, exciting and accessible museum of science, environment and human experience of international standing.
		Queensland Museum South Bank is set to celebrate Science for Life with a stimulating...
		The Museum of Tropical Queensland (MTQ) will host a free public lecture about the...
	www.qm.qld.gov.au (144 words)

	Waltzing Matilda Centre - Outback Queensland Building & Structure
		This was the final act of aggression during the strike of 1894 that had commenced on 2 July in Winton and spread throughout the eastern states of Australia.
		The song was performed at a banquet for the visit of the Premier of Queensland on 6 April 1895 at the North Gregory Hotel, Winton.
		The lifestyle of Winton, the birth of QANTAS and the art of the region are displayed in other areas of the Centre.
	www.about-australia.com /travel-guides/queensland/outback-queensland/attractions/building-structure/waltzing-matilda-centre (486 words)

	New Findings in the Winton Dinosaur Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		, who is one of the leading researchers on the Winton Project (2003).
		Mary Wade is a former Curator of Paleontology at the
		hopes to continue the Winton Dinosaur Project next year, as they have received a three-year grant from the Australian Research Council.
	www.priweb.org /ed/ICTHOL/ICTHOL04papers/18.htm (1201 words)

	Anthropology Essays Paleontology Papers -- Examination of The Winton Dinosaur Project
		Findings in the Queensland, Australia Winton Dinosaur project show that the sauropod named "Elliot" may have died with his mate by his side (Salleh 2003).
		According to researchers, Queensland, Australia was covered by a vast inland sea during the time of the dinosaurs 98-95 million years ago.
		The virtue of its age and the "environmental conditions under which the rocks it consists of were deposited," this project is the site for one of the richest sites of dinosaur fossils in all of Australia.
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=22117 (1623 words)

	QANTAS - Flights to Outback Queensland - Winton, Carisbrooke Station
		Carisbrooke Station, Winton, is a working sheep and cattle station that offers Tourism, Outback Tours, Dinosaur, fossil tours, with Farm Stays and Tourist accommodation.
		QANTAS Air Services was born in Winton, Queensland.
		Winton is home of Waltzing Matilda and Banjo Patterson and can be accessed by Qantas and McCaffertys Express Coaches.
	www.carisbrooketours.com.au /1-09.html (140 words)

	News: March 16, 2002 (Winton, Australia)
		Isa, just inside the Queensland border and the site of one of the richest copper, silver, lead and zinc mines in the world.
		One of the millions of termite mounds in northern Queensland.
		In 1895, while visiting the bush in Queensland, he co-wrote the song "Waltzing Matilda" with Christine McPherson, a woman he had become romantically involved with.
	www.delsjourney.com /news/news_02-03-16.htm (3596 words)

	Winton ILUA - Maiawali and Karuwali People Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) - Agreements Database Agreement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Summary Information: The Winton ILUA - Maiawali and Karuwali People Indigenous Land Use Agreement facilitates the granting of mining tenements to opal miners in an area near Winton in central Queensland.
		Rather than going through the right to negotiate provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth), under the agreement Prospecting Permits, Exploration Permits, Mining Claims and Mining Leases can be granted to opal miners between 2001 to 2011 subject to conditions specified in the agreement.
		Location: The area covered by the Agreement is located to the south west of Winton, approximately 270 kms south east of Mount Isa and covers an area of about 49,110 sq kms.
	www.atns.net.au /biogs/A000768b.htm (410 words)

	North Gregory Hotel / Motel, Winton, Outback Queensland
		Winton: Wide range of accommodation in historic outback hotel.
		On the Matilda Highway – right in the centre of Queensland.
		Situated in the heart of the outback, the North Gregory Hotel / Motel lays claim to the first live performance of Waltzing Matilda way back in 1895.
	www.babs.com.au /northgregoryhotel (178 words)

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