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Taromeo Homestead, pastoral farm off the D'Aguilar Highway, Benarkin, South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia

Taromeo Homestead is a 19th-century home on a large property in Queensland that served as a working station. The buildings are made of stone and timber and sit among granite outcrops and tall trees, featuring a main house, stables, a store, a blacksmith's shop, and a butcher's shop.

Settlement began around 1842 when Simon Scott took up the land and established a cattle farm that would last for generations. During the 19th century, Taromeo became a stop on a trade route between Brisbane and Nanango, underscoring its importance as a local trading and travel point.

Taromeo takes its name from the pastoral run Simon Scott licensed in July 1847, covering 200 square miles. Scott's son Walter, born into the property, sat in the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burnett and Mulgrave from 1871 to 1878 and is said to have spoken the local Aboriginal language fluently. In the 1870s Cobb and Co coaches stopped overnight so horses could rest and passengers be lodged.

The site remains a working private property today, so advance notice is needed to visit the buildings on the grounds. The cemetery is open to visitors and has been carefully restored after flood damage.

Christine Scott, Simon Scott's first wife, died on Christmas Day 1851 and was buried on the property, though the ground was not proclaimed a cemetery reserve until 1878. Flooding in 2010–2011 destroyed the cemetery; a $180,000 project by Ziegler Monumentals of Toowoomba, funded by the Queensland and Australian governments, finished in February 2013.

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