Permanent Settlements
While Many Peaks prospered, the railway also created permanent settlements around the major stations.
Land sales at Nagoorin led the way in 1911. Old timber houses from Norton were moved in and the smaller settlements at Lakeview and Rosa Glen fell under Nagoorin's umbrella. Classified as a marketing town Nagoorin soon had a butchery, slaughterhouse, bakery, shop and hall. Mrs Viney ran a boarding house and there was a racecourse on Gentle Annie Road.
In the 1920s Ubobo grew as a service centre for the soldier settlers with shops, hall, Masonic Lodge and Bush Nursing Home. Later cattle sale yards were built outside the town.
Meanwhile Builyan became the centre for the timber industry. Up to 80 000 super feet of raw logs were freighted through the Builyan rail yard each week at the peak of production in the late 1950s.
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