Quinkan Regional Centre, Laura

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With a population fewer than 100, Laura is a small town consisting of a pub, a general store, two service stations, a school, a police station, a health clinic, and a few houses. However, the town, and its surrounding district, proves that size is no measure of importance. The district is home to dozens of Aboriginal art gallery sites, only a few of which are open to the public and only then after formal application to the Aboriginal ranger at Laura.

The area is famous for its giant figures known as Quinkans after whom the region was named. According to legend they were spirit figures that usually lived in cracks in the rock and came out to frighten people and keep them 'in line'. They were the "boogie men" of the Laura area.

With $2 million in funding through the Queensland Heritage Trails Network, the Quinkan and Regional Cultural Centre will act as a gateway, informing visitors of the surrounding rock art sites. It will also introduce them to the Indigenous lands, cultural traditions and pastoral life at Old Laura and the area's European and Chinese backgrounds.Places to see in Queensland

Places to see in Queensland

» Australian Workers Heritage Centre, Barcaldine » Blackall Woolscour, Blackall » Charleville Cosmos Centre, Charleville » Cloncurry Shire Hall, Cloncurry » Longreach Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame » Townsville North Queensland Network Gateway » Strait Islanders Cultural Centre » Charters Towers - The World » Kronosaurus Korner, Richmond » Nyleta Wetlands Bird Hide » Halloran's Hill Lookout » The Hub - Chillagoe » Quinkan Regional Centre, Laura » Maryborough Heritage Gateway » Artspace Mackay » Cardwell Post Office and Telegraph Station

» Longreach Qantas Founders' Outback Museum » Park, Mount Isa » Tully Valley & King Ranch Cultural Theatre » The Misty Mountain Trails & Kennedy Trail » Tully Visitor and Heritage Centre » Ulysses Link Walking Track, Mission Beach » Kuranda Rainforest Story Walking Tracks, Kuranda » Malanda Dairy Heritage Centre, Malanda » Nganyaji Interpretive Centre, Ravenshoe » Hou Wang Temple » Gateway, Cairns » Nature's Powerhouse, Cooktown » Cape York Heritage Centre, Coen » Rockhampton Customs House » The Mount Morgan Experience » Mackay Town Hall

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