Margaret Allison (née Dunkeld) opened the Kyoomba Sanatorium in late 1907 under the care of Dr Helen Shaw. During
World War I, many Australia soldiers contracted
tuberculosis or their lungs were harmed by
gas attacks. Allison allowed the
Australian Red Cross to use her sanitorium to treat the soldiers. As the number of soldiers needing treatment increased, she transferred control of the sanatorium to the
Australian Government in March 1917, which expanded the facilities to treat increasing numbers of soldiers. It became a leading medical facility in Australia. Although some of the soldiers being treated died, the majority recovered and returned to civilian life. By 1935, the sanatorium was no longer needed so it closed, and the buildings and fittings auctioned off in 1937. Some of the buildings were relocated to other sites in the Stanthorpe area. == Demographics ==