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Students learn about news

Coolabunia State School Years 1 and 2 students took an excursion to visit the Kingaroy CBD.

During their outing on Friday 20 March, the students visited the Burnett Today office to learn all things about print newspapers and how journalism works.

They also stopped by the Kingaroy Museum and Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery as part of their tour of the town.

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