Dr Scott Cooling
Medical Superintendent, Capricorn Coast Hospital & Health Service
"It’s a great lifestyle with plenty of beach days plus good schools and sporting activities for the kids".
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Location: 809km north west of Brisbane, 68km south of Emerald
Springsure is a small country town located at the foot of Mount Zamia in Central Queensland. Notorious for the largest recorded massacre of ‘whites’ in 1861 by the Kairi tribe, Springsure has a colourful history illustrated today by many historical buildings and sites. Springsure is a part of the Bauhinia shire and helps support local mines and agricultural producers. Situated amongst craggy volcanic peaks, the Mount Zania ranges and Virgin Rock, Springsure offers a spectacular scenery and a relaxed rural atmosphere.
The Springsure hospital was redeveloped in 2004 and is now a combined 22 bed hospital and 10 bed aged care facility.
Due to the redevelopment, the hospital is now able to provide pharmacy, acute inpatient, accident and emergency, radiography and outpatient services to the community. A dental clinic is also available.
Allied health services provide physiotherapy and speech therapy once a week.
Additional health services available include cardial, HACC, blood bank, dietician, asthma educator, diabetic educator, podiatrist and centacare counsellor.
Springsure came into being with a dubious beginning. At Cullin-la-ringo (north-west of the town) a group of Kairi aboriginal warriors killed 19 people in the largest recorded massacre of ‘whites’ in Australian history. It is proposed that the massacre was prompted by a combination of frustration at the loss of land and as an act of revenge for the atrocities which were being committed by both the ‘whites’ and the dreaded native police who had stolen tribal women. The mass grave is available for viewing at the Mount Helmut station by appointment.
Due to the town’s violent start, none of the buildings date before the year of the massacre. The earliest building in Springsure is the Rainworth Fort, dating 1862 – the year after the massacre. Designed as a storehouse rather than a home, this ancient building is still available for viewing via the Wealwandangie Road, south-west of Springsure.
While Virgin Rock at Carnarvon Gorge is the crowd-drawer, its the sunflower plantations that are the crowd-pleaser. Due to the fertile black clay soil,
sunflowers spread like wildfire across the paddocks and make for a stunning,
not-to-be-missed sight.
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