From early 1949 Ronald (Ron) Anthony Bacchi (born in Cloncurry in 1921; died in 2002) of Milton operated a large mushroom farm on this property at the corner of Roghan and Handford Roads. Bacchi was an ex-Australian Imperial Force serviceman, and the farm was established with financial aid from the Rehabilitation Department.1
The Bacchi family was still living on Roghan Road in 1958, but by 1963 they were listed in the electoral roll as living on Handford Road. When the Roghan Road–Handford Road intersection was built, the Bacchi house was resumed, and units now stand where the farm used to be.
Long-timers in this area still remember the smell emanating from the farm.
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