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Pastoral College for sale as industry looks to fill training void

A MAJOR agricultural training precinct is going on the market after it was closed by the Queensland Government in 2019.

The Longreach Pastoral College finished operations after the “Coaldrake Review” recommended the government close it and a similar college at Emerald – which sparked outrage from the local community.

The college is flanked by a significant agricultural asset, with 17, 511ha (43,000 acres) of land aggregated in the area – some of it has the ability to grow crops and large agricultural companies have shown interest in the facility in the past. Its plant was sold at…

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