1920

John Jones elected Member for Kennedy. Served 9 October 1920 – 12 May 1923

Green's Foundry in Brandon renamed Delta Iron Works.

Blackheath Methodist/Presbyterian Girls' College and Anglican All Souls school for boys open in Charters Towers. 

Haughton River Farmers Association purchased an under-used Bundaberg mill, Invicta, and had it re-erected at Giru, a siding on the Townsville-Ayr railway line.

Stannery Hills had five hotels being Mrs E. Devlin’s Federal, Mrs D. Kelly’s Commercial, Still’s  Imperial, Mrs Greene’s Stannary Hills and Mrs Peter’s Eureka. The town also had several general stores (Brown and Yet Lee), a baker (Brown), butcher (Kelly), fruiterer (Jackson), cordial factory (Rhule and Farelly, previously owned by Spence), tobacconist, hospital, post office, police station and school.

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