Surat still is not only ours: Australia has a town called Surat too. Our city shares its name with a place in Queensland. These five places tell its story in date order: 1. Surat Hospital: its first hospital opened in a cottage in 1911. The photograph is from around 1954.
2. Cobb & Co Museum: the final coach route linked Surat and Yuleba in 1924. The museum occupies the former store site.
3. Warroo Shire Hall: Harry Marks designed the timber hall built in 1929 for council business and social events.
4. Surat Main Street: this Queensland State Archives photograph dates from 1952.
5. Surat Library: photographed in 2024, it shares 62 Burrowes Street with the Cobb & Co Changing Station complex. Every image in this deck is from Surat, Queensland, Australia. The shared name is the connection; these photographs show that town. Which place surprised you most? Send this to a Surti who would recognise the name anywhere. Save this little piece of Surat-name trivia.
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Udhna, Surat | Oct 1, 2026 
