Keywords: StateLibQld 1 43411 Receding flood waters after the 1942 flood in Chinchilla.jpg supplied with photograph Chinchilla is a thriving town in the western Darling Downs 295km NW of Brisbane on the Warrego Highway Ludwig Leichhardt named the area in 1844 after jinchilla the local Aboriginal name for cypress pines Grain-growing is the traditional industry as well as cattle sheep pigs timber and more recently grapes cotton and watermelon The cactoblastis insect was introduced to eradicate the prickly pear cactus infestation and the Cactoblastis Memorial Hall has been erected at Boonarga 8km east of Chinchilla Information taken from Explore Australia 2003 Penguin Books Australia Ltd 2002 1942 handle 10462/deriv/143896 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Hotels and pubs in Chinchilla Floods in Queensland Floods in Chinchilla 1942 in Australia Black and white photographs |