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Adavale, Queensland
Adavale is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Quilpie, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Adavale had a population of 93 people. Geography Adavale is in South West Queensland, west of the state capital, Brisbane. Between Adavale and Yaraka is Yapunyah waterhole. The town is only accessible along a gravel road from Charleville in the east, Quilpie in the south and Blackall in the north. History The town is named after Ada Constance Stevens (wife of Ernest James Stevens). The Stevens family had the Tintinchilla (later Milo) pastoral run in the area. There is a story that Ada lost her hat veil where the Milo road crosses Blackwater Creek. Town and suburban lots in the town of Adavale were sold on 9 February 1881 at Charleville. Adavale Post Office opened on 1 January 1881 and closed in 1991. Milo Station Provisional School opened circa 1888 and closed circa 1891. It reopened as Milo Provision School circa 1902 and closed circa 1905. Adavale Provisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEST
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00). Time is regulated by the individual state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Australia's external territories observe different time zones. Standard time was introduced in the 1890s when all of the Australian colonies adopted it. Before the switch to standard time zones, each local city or town was free to determine its local time, called local mean time. Now, Western Australia uses Western Standard Time; South Australia and the Northern Territory use Central Standard Time; while New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Jervis Bay Territory, and the Australian Capital Territory use Eastern Standard Time. Daylight saving time (+1 hour) is used in jurisdictions in the south and south-east: South Australia, New South Wales, Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaraka, Queensland
Yaraka is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Longreach Region of Queensland, Australia. Until 2021, the town of Yaraka was part of the locality of Isisford, Queensland, Isisford. Geography Yaraka is in Central West Queensland, Australia. It was the terminus of a Blackall and Yaraka Branch Railways, Yaraka branch railway line. It is located south of Longreach, Queensland, Longreach, west of Blackall, Queensland, Blackall and south of the town of Isisford, Queensland, Isisford. The landscape is an open Mitchell Grass Downs, Mitchell grass downs country, which provides good Pastoralism, grazing country. Grey Range is located near Yaraka and is characterised by rocky ridges, Triodia (plant), spinifex grass and mulga. The locality has the following mountains: * Boundary Point () * Merry Peaks () * Mount Brookes () * Mount Margaret () * Mount Remarkable ( * Mount Slowcombe () * Sun Down Hill () History The first European to pass through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Railway Line, Queensland
The Western railway line is a narrow gauge () railway, connecting the south-east and south-west regions of Queensland, Australia. It commences at Toowoomba, at the end of the Main Line railway from Brisbane, and extends west 810 km to Cunnamulla, passing through the major towns of Dalby, Roma and Charleville, although services on the 184 km section from Westgate to Cunnamulla have been suspended since 2011. The Queensland Government was the first railway operator in the world to adopt narrow gauge for a main line, and this remains the system-wide gauge. History The initial section of the Western line was built from Toowoomba to Dalby, opening 16 April 1868 (the first section of the Southern line, from Gowrie Junction, about 12 km west of Toowoomba, to Warwick, was opened in 1871, and bypassed in 1915). The line traverses relatively flat, easy country, gradually descending from 590m asl to 343m asl at Dalby. From Dalby the line was extended to Roma from 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Adavale
The Shire of Adavale is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia, centred on the town of Adavale. It existed from 1879 to 1930. History On 11 November 1879, the Murweh Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. On 5 February 1889, the western part of Murweh Division was separated to create the new Adavale Division. The Adavale Divisional Board met for the first time on 26 May 1889 and Mr E. B. Learmouth was appointed chairman. The divisional board hall and offices were constructed in Adavale in 1889. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Adavale Division became the Shire of Adavale on 31 March 1903. On 17 July 1930, the shire was abolished, and its region split between the new Shire of Quilpie, the Shire of Murweh, the Shire of Isisford and the Shire of Barcoo The Shire of Barcoo is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Central West Queens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adavale Division
The Shire of Adavale is a former local government area in the south-east of Queensland, Australia, centred on the town of Adavale. It existed from 1879 to 1930. History On 11 November 1879, the Murweh Division was created as one of 74 divisions within Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879''. On 5 February 1889, the western part of Murweh Division was separated to create the new Adavale Division. The Adavale Divisional Board met for the first time on 26 May 1889 and Mr E. B. Learmouth was appointed chairman. The divisional board hall and offices were constructed in Adavale in 1889. With the passage of the ''Local Authorities Act 1902'', the Adavale Division became the Shire of Adavale on 31 March 1903. On 17 July 1930, the shire was abolished, and its region split between the new Shire of Quilpie, the Shire of Murweh, the Shire of Isisford and the Shire of Barcoo The Shire of Barcoo is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Central West Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Queensland has been a State of Australia, with the Constitution of Australia regulating the relationships between all state and territory governments and the Australian Government. Under the Australian Constitution, all states and territories (including Queensland) ceded powers relating to certain matters to the federal government. The government is influenced by the Westminster system and Australia's federal system of government. The Governor of Queensland, as the representative of Charles III, King of Australia, holds nominal executive power, although in practice only performs ceremonial duties. In practice executive power lies with the Premier and Cabinet. The Cabinet of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Family History Society
The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) is an incorporated association formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The society was established in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation. They aim to promote the study of family history local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of Queensland families. At the end of 2022, the society relocated from 58 Bellevue Avenue, Gaythorne Gaythorne is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gaythorne had a population of 3,023 people. Geography Gaythorne is located seven kilometres north-west of the Brisbane central business district. It is bounded to ... () to its new QFHS Family History Research Centre at 46 Delaware Street, Chermside (). References External links * Non-profit organisations based in Queensland Historical societies of Australia Libraries in Brisbane Family hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queenslander
''The Queenslander'' was the weekly summary and literary edition of the '' Brisbane Courier'', the leading journal in the colony—and later, federal state—of Queensland since the 1850s. ''The Queenslander'' was launched by the Brisbane Newspaper Company in 1866, and discontinued in 1939. History ''The Queenslander'' was first published on 3 February 1866 in Brisbane by Thomas Blacket Stephens. The last edition was printed on 22 February 1939. In a country the size of Australia, a daily newspaper of some prominence could only reach the bush and outlying districts if it also published a weekly edition. Yet ''The Queenslander'', under the managing editorship of Gresley Lukin—managing editor from November 1873 until December 1880—also came to find additional use as a literary magazine. In September 1919, a series of aerial photographs of Brisbane and its surrounding suburbs were published under the title, ''Brisbane By Air''. The photographs were taken by the newspaper' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest James Stevens
Ernest James Stevens (10 July 18453 March 1922) was an Australian politician and businessman who served as a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and later Member of the Queensland Legislative Council in colonial Queensland and Australia. Early life Ernest James Stevens was born in 1845 in Victoria, the son of Frederick Perkins Stevens and his wife Jane (née Rule). On 20 June 1877 he married Ada Constance Jackson in Casterton, Victoria. Political life Ernest Stevens was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly to represent the electoral district of Warrego from 14 November 1878 to 17 August 1883. He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly to represent the electoral district of Logan from 17 August 1883 to 4 April 1896. In July 1884 Stevens proposed that the Queensland Government erect a fence to prevent the infestation of rabbits in New South Wales from spreading into Queensland (his Logan electorate being very close to the New South Wales border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackall, Queensland
Blackall is a rural town and locality in the Blackall-Tambo Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Blackall had a population of 1,416 people. The town is the service centre for the Blackall-Tambo Region. The dominant industry in the area is grazing with over 70 homesteads in the locality (as at 2020). Yalleroi is another town in the north of the locality (). Geography Blackall is in Central Western Queensland, approximately by road from the state capital, Brisbane, 106 kilometres (65 mi) south of Barcaldine and 302 kilometres (187 mi) north of Charleville. The town is situated on the Barcoo River and Landsborough Highway (Matilda Highway). The locality contains numerous mountains, including: * Battery Knob () * Carlton Hill () * Cory Peak () * Flat Top () * Joey Peak () * Lorne Mountain () * Mount Battery () * Mount Calder () * Mount Conebreak () * Mount Cullen () * Mount Harden () * Mount Mistake () * Mount Northampton () * Mount Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
