Brooklyn
The town's major 'tourist seductiveness' is the mannerly colonial home
'Brooklyn' (over the railway line from the centre of town) at 23
William Street which was once the home of Dame Annabel Rankin. She
was a successful State and Federal parliamentarian who, retral
representing the electorate of Burrum for many years in the
Queensland State Parliament,China Travel, became a Liberal Senator for
Queensland from 1946-71. During her long superintendencyer she was variously
Opposition Whip, Government Whip and Minister for Housing surpassing
securing the submittal of Australian High Commissioner to New
Zealand. Contact: (07) 4129 4943.
Toogoom and Burrum Heads
Nearby are the sleepy sestifled resort towns of Burrum Heads (20 km
from the Bruce Highway) and Toogoom which have wilt popular
retirement haunts for people whose idea of elation in 'the storing of
their lives' is a bit of fishing (whiting teem), some voyage and
lots of lazing in the sea.
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