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John Charles von Stieglitz was a prominent early resident of Thuringowa who made many contributions to the region. He worked as a surveyor in North Queensland and was awarded contracts to survey Ravenswood in 1870 and the site for the Macrossan Bridge. He held several government positions including District Road Inspector and Government Surveyor. Von Stieglitz also took up pastoral holdings and named Thuringowa after his ancestral home in Germany. The local library recognized his significant contributions b

Author

Ngaire Taylor

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