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Amamoor
Amamoor is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Amamoor had a population of 636 people. Geography Amamoor is south of Gympie. The Bruce Highway passes to the east of the town and the Amamoor Forest Reserve is to the west. Amamoor is situated on the Amamoor Creek which is a tributary of the Mary River. It is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including Imbil, Dagun, and Kandanga. History The town is named after a pastoral run held by J.D. McTaggart in the late 1850s. It is an Aboriginal word meaning ''swimming in water'' or a ''swimming creek''. When the construction of a railway line between Brisbane and Gympie was being contemplated in 1884–5, one of the routes being considered was through the Mary Valley. However, this was not the route chosen, and the residents of the valley who were disappointed at missing out on rail connection agitated for many years until the Mary Valley branch line was built. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amamoor Creek, Queensland
Amamoor Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Amamoor Creek had a population of 56 people. Geography The locality is roughly bounded to the south by the Amamoor Range, to the west by the Coast Range, and to the north by an unnamed ridgeline and the Ward Range. Amamoor Creek has the following peaks along its northern boundary (from west to east): * Tewoo Rock () * Mount Tewoo () * Mount Wilwarrel () *Little Baldy () Most of the east of the locality is within the Amamoor State Forest (). The west of the locality is within Wrattens National Park (). The land use in the middle of the locality is predominantly grazing on native vegetation. History Amamoor Creek was named and bounded on 1 December 2000. Amamoor was the name of a pastoral run in the rea held by J.D. McTaggart in the late 1850s. Amamoor State Forest was declared on 1 January 1980 under the Forestry Act 1959. In January 1982 the Webb Brothers (Fabian, Marius and Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Valley Railway Cream Sheds
Mary Valley Railway Cream Sheds are heritage-listed sheds at Kandanga railway station, Amamoor railway station and Melawondi railway station, all of them on the Mary Valley Branch Railway, Mary Valley, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. They were designed and built by Queensland Railways. They were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 14 October 2011. History The Mary Valley branch railway cream sheds, located at Amamoor railway station (), Kandanga and Melawondi, were built between the 1920s and 1940s by Queensland Railways, in response to the strong growth of dairying in one of Queensland's most important dairy producing regions and the reliance on rail to transport dairy produce during this period. The gradual opening of large pastoral holdings of Amamoor, Imbil and Traveston (established 1850s) in the Upper Mary River Valley for closer settlement from the late 1870s was a catalyst for the development of small cropping and dairying activities in the region. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amamoor Forest Reserve
The Amamoor State Forest and Forest Reserve is a riverine rainforest in the Gympie Region in Queensland, Australia. The forest is composed of subtropical vegetation dominated by stands of ''Melia azedarach'' (white cedar), ''Toona ciliata'' (red cedar), ''Araucaria cunninghamii'' (hoop pine) and '' A. bidwillii'' (Bunya pine). The Amamoor creek within the reserve is noted as a habitat for the platypus and several species of endangered frogs. The park station is located on Amamoor Creek Road about 180 kilometers north of the state capital of Brisbane and 20 kilometres southwest of the town of Gympie. This area has a subtropical climate. The elevation of the terrain is 226 meters. Visitor Facilities The QPWS operates two camping areas in the forest reserve, both of which are situated on Amamoor Creek. Amamoor Creek Camping Area is the larger and more spacious of the two and is the location of the annual Gympie Music Muster. Cedar Grove Camping Area is quite smaller, yet it s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagun, Queensland
Dagun is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dagun had a population of 150 people. It is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including Amamoor, Imbil, and Kandanga. Geography Amamoor Creek, a tributary of the Mary River, forms most of the eastern boundary. Mary Valley Road ( State Route 51) passes through the eastern part of the locality from north to south. The Mary Valley Branch Railway passes through from north-east to south-east. Dagun railway station serves the town (). History The town takes its name from the railway station, which was named on 22 January 1914, using an Aboriginal word meaning ''home camp''. The Dagun State School opened on 18 June 1924. Dagun Post Office opened on 1 June 1925 (a receiving office had been open from 1920) and closed in 1975. In the , the locality of Dagun had a population of 150 people. Heritage listings Dagun has the following heritage listings: * 39 Dagun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandanga
Kandanga is a town and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 665 people. Geography The town is located on the Mary Valley Road ( State Route 51) north of the state capital, Brisbane and south west of Gympie, on the banks of Kandanga Creek, a tributary of the Mary River. This river forms the eastern and north-eastern boundaries of the locality. Kandanga is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including Imbil, Amamoor and Dagun. Kandanga suffered a further blow when its popular hotel burnt down. Just like the valley itself, it is being rebuilt with the determination of locals. History The name "Kandanga" may be derived from the local Kabi Aboriginal language, meaning a ''fork'' or sharp bend of the creek or it may refer to the ''cabbage tree''. Kandanga Post Office opened by June 1914 (a receiving office had been open from 1895). Kandanga State School opened in September 1915. The Kand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandanga, Queensland
Kandanga is a town and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Kandanga had a population of 665 people. Geography The town is located on the Mary Valley Road ( State Route 51) north of the state capital, Brisbane and south west of Gympie, on the banks of Kandanga Creek, a tributary of the Mary River. This river forms the eastern and north-eastern boundaries of the locality. Kandanga is one of a chain of towns in the Mary Valley also including Imbil, Amamoor and Dagun. Kandanga suffered a further blow when its popular hotel burnt down. Just like the valley itself, it is being rebuilt with the determination of locals. History The name "Kandanga" may be derived from the local Kabi Aboriginal language, meaning a ''fork'' or sharp bend of the creek or it may refer to the ''cabbage tree''. Kandanga Post Office opened by June 1914 (a receiving office had been open from 1895). Kandanga State School opened in September 1915. The Kand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kandanga Creek, Queensland
Kandanga Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kandanga Creek had a population of 118 people. Geography Kandanga Creek, the creek from which the locality takes its name, rises in neighbouring Upper Kandanga and enters this locality from the south-west and flows through the locality exiting to the north-east (Kandanga), where it becomes a tributary of the Mary River. The creek forms a valley through the locality from the south-west to the north-east at elevations of above sea level. On either side of the valley the land rises into more mountainous terrain, rising to in the north-west of the locality and in the south-west of the locality. The main land use is grazing on native vegetation. History The locality takes its name from the creek, which is a Kabi word, ''koondangoor'' meaning ''mountainous''. Kandanga Creek Provisional School opened on 23 April 1900. On 1 January 1909 it became Kandanga Creek State School. It was mothb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calico Creek, Queensland
Calico Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Calico Creek had a population of 156 people. Geography Mary Valley Road Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ... ( State Route 51) forms the north-eastern boundary. Calico Creek, a tributary of the Mary River, rises in the south of the locality and flows through to the north. Almost all of the southern boundary is the northern extent of Amamoor National Park. History Calico Creek State School opened on 8 July 1936 and closed on 31 August 1970. The school was located on the corner of Calico Creek Road and Robinson Road (approx ). In the Calico Creek had a population of 156 people. References {{Gympie Region Gympie Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie
Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wide Bay-Burnett District, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River (Queensland), Mary River, which floods Gympie occasionally. The locality of Gympie is the central business district for the city of Gympie and also the administrative centre for the Gympie Region local government area. As of June 2021, Gympie had a population of 53,851. Gympie is famous for its gold field. It contains a number of historic buildings registered on the Queensland Heritage Register. History ''Gabi-Gabi language, Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough, Queensland, Marybor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Regional Council
The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro. The Regional Council, which governs the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$50 million. History ''Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture''.'' Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Gympie Region existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Cooloola; ** the City of Gympie; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Region
The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro. The Regional Council, which governs the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$50 million. History ''Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture''.'' Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Gympie Region existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Cooloola; ** the City of Gympie; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coles Creek, Queensland
Coles Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coles Creek had a population of 44 people. History Traveston Provisional School opened on 24 August 1891. In 1907 the school was renamed Skyring's Creek Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Skyring's Creek State School. In 1915 the school was renamed Coles Creek State School. It closed on 27 February 1961. The school was located on the northern corner of the Old Bruce Highway and Coles Creek Road (approx ). In the , Coles Creek had a population of 44 people. Geography The '' Mary River'' forms the western and south-western boundaries. ''Coles Creek'' (the watercourse) flows through from east to north, where it forms part of the northern boundary before it joins the ''Mary''. ''Skyring Creek'' forms the southern boundary before it flows into the ''Mary''. Road infrastructure The Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
