Councillors at last month’s Gunnedah Shire Council (GSC) meeting at the Curlewis Community Hall unanimously moved to donate the piece of local history to the Gunnedah Rural Museum. 

The trailer will be now be restored and preserved at the museum, an outcome which councillor Rob Hooke said was pleasing.

“The rural museum has everything,” Cr Hooke said.

“It’s a wonderful thing that this piece of our community’s history will be preserved.”

Cr Hooke told The Namoi Valley Independent it is important to preserve pieces of Gunnedah’s history.

“I think it’s always nice for people of my age to remember the good old days,” he said.

“As the years go by and the further away from these times we get, I think it becomes even more important to preserve these things so our younger generations can see, understand and appreciate how things used to be.

“I’m sure this trailer will be in good hands, the team at the museum do a terrific job, they take great care in what they do and will ensure items such as this will be appreciated for years to come.”

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Gunnedah Rural Museum’s Bill Barry said staff were eager to preserve the trailer.

“When we get hold of it will certainly do something to it to give it an improvement,” Mr Barry said.

“The museum hasn’t received it just yet but when we do it will be well looked after.”

Mr Barry said the trailer will bring something different to the museum.

“It’s a bit of a one of a kind,” he said.

“We don’t even having anything even similar to it, it’s a bit of a one of a kind an adaption of what used to be pulled by horses.

“Certainly it will make a fine addition to the museum.”