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A community develops
The last 100 years has seen many changes and happenings in Uranquinty. The town itself has had three names:
1888 - Glenrouth
1899 - Uranquintry
1966 - Uranquinty
Uranquinty is an aboriginal word meaning "plenty of rain" and "yellowbox tree".
The railway had become an outlet for the farmers.
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| 1840's - Uranquinty was a pastoral and agricultural district, basically cattle country. |  |
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| 1912 - 18th April The Uranquinty Telephone Exchange opened for business, trading from 9am to 6pm, closed on Sundays and holidays. |
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| 1919 - Wheat, wool, chaff began to flow through the railway yards with increasing volume. There were several chaff cutting plants in the district. |
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| 1931 - Flood in Uranquinty 1939 - 1st July- Cyclone at Uranquinty- houses wrecked, trees uprooted, iron carried miles in air. |  |
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| 1941 September- RAAF School of Uranquinty, No.5 Service Flying Training School began. |
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1948- 6th December-Uranquinty migrant centre opened for displaced persons for the International Refugee Organisation.
Total capacity of 1,347-1,227 New Australians and 120 staff.
Being the old raaf premises they had eating and sleeping accommodation plus recreation services, a kindergarten, state school rooms, post office, hospital, church buildings and a swimming pool.
Accommodation for nurses, teaching staff and a doctor.
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| 1953 - the centre was re-occupied by the RAAF. Well known Australian swimmers Ilsa and John Konrads learnt to swim whilst staying at the migrant centre. |
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1956 - Change of the Olympic Torch at Uranquinty.
1880 - 1980 - A centenary of Education at Uranquinty. Approx 42 children in attendance.
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