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Augathella
Augathella is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. Geography Augathella lies on the Matilda Highway, is north of the town of Charleville, west of Roma and west of Brisbane (Queensland's capital). The town lies on the banks of the Warrego River. Grazing is still the predominant industry of the area. History ''Bidjara'' (also known as ''Bidyara, Pitjara,'' and ''Peechara'') is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bidjara people. The Bidjara language region includes the local government areas of the Shire of Murweh, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathella and Blackall as well as the properties of Nive Downs and Mount Tabor. '' Gungabula'' (also known as ''Kongabula'' and ''Khungabula'') is an Australian Aboriginal language of the headwaters of the Dawson River in Central Queensland. The language region includes areas within the local government area of Maranoa Region, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Murweh
The Shire of Murweh is a local government area in the Maranoa district, which is part of South West Queensland, Australia. The administrative centre and largest town in the shire is Charleville. In June 2018, the Shire of Murweh had a population of 4,318. History Bidjara (Bidyara, Pitjara, Peechara) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Bidjara people. The Bidjara language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Murweh Shire Council, particularly the towns of Charleville, Augathella and Blackall as well as the properties of Nive Downs and Mount Tabor. Murweh Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions of Queensland under the ''Divisional Boards Act 1879'' with a population of 1286. On 11 October 1883, there was an adjustment of boundaries between Tambo Division and Murweh Division. On 5 February 1889, the western part of Murweh Division was separated to create the new Adavale Division. On 21 March 1894, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilda Highway
Landsborough Highway is a highway in western Queensland, Australia, running in the northwest–southeast direction from Morven to Cloncurry. The Landsborough Highway runs through vast tracts of land that was once occupied by William Landsborough, an Australian explorer of the 19th century. It is also the central part of the tourist route known as the Matilda Way after the popular Australian song Waltzing Matilda, which extends from Bourke in central northern New South Wales to Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The entire highway is an important part of the National Highway system linking Darwin and Brisbane: formerly National Route 66 (Cloncurry to Barcaldine) and National Route 71 (Barcaldine to Augathella), Queensland began to convert to the alphanumeric system much of Australia had adopted in the early-2000s and is now designated as National Route A2. Its importance also stems from the fact that it is the only sealed link between Flinders Highway and Capricorn Highway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleville, Queensland
Charleville () is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Charleville had a population of 3,335 people. Geography Located in southwestern Queensland, Australia, Charleville is west of Brisbane (the Queensland capital), 616 kilometres (384 mi) west of Toowoomba, 535 kilometres (333 mi) west of Dalby, 393 kilometres (244 mi) west of Miles and 254 kilometres (158 mi) west of Roma. It is the largest town and administrative centre of the Shire of Murweh, which covers an area of 43,905 square kilometres. Charleville is situated on the banks of the Warrego River. Charleville is the terminus for the Warrego Highway which stretches 683 kilometres (424 mi) from Brisbane. The Mitchell Highway also connects Charleville with: * Augathella - 84 kilometres (53 mi) north * Wyandra - 124 kilometres (77 mi) south * Cunnamulla - 198 kilometres (123 mi) south * Bourke - 454 kilometres (282&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Crossing, Queensland
Caroline Crossing is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , Caroline Crossing had a population of 13 people. Caroline Crossing does not have a postcode, as it is grouped with Augathella for postal purposes. History The locality was named and bounded on 28 March 2002. It is presumably named after the ford across the Warrego River known as Caroline Crossing (). In the , Caroline Crossing had a population of 13 people. Road infrastructure The Landsborough Highway runs past the western extremity, near Augathella Augathella is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. Geography Augathella lies on the Matilda Highway, is north of the town of Charleville, west of Roma and west of Brisbane (Queensland's capital). The to .... References {{Shire of Murweh Shire of Murweh Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidjara Language
Bidjara, also spelt Bidyara or Pitjara, is an Australian Aboriginal language. In 1980, it was spoken by twenty elders in Queensland between the towns of Tambo and Augathella, or the Warrego and Langlo Rivers. There are many dialects of the language, including Gayiri and Gunggari. Some of them are being revitalised and is being taught in local schools in the region. Dialects The Bidjara language included numerous dialects, of which Bidjara proper was the last to go extinct. One of these was Gunya (Kunja), spoken over 31,200 km2 (12,188 sq mi), from the Warrego River near Cunnamulla north to Augathella and Burenda Station; west to between Cooladdi and Cheepie; east to Morven and Angellala Creek; at Charle-ville. Fred McKellar was the last known speaker. Yagalingu is poorly attested but may have been a dialect of Bidjara. Natalie Kwok prepared a report on Gunggari for the National Native Title Tribunal in Australia. In it she says: :Language served as an important i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gungabula Language
Bidjara, also spelt Bidyara or Pitjara, is an Australian Aboriginal language. In 1980, it was spoken by twenty elders in Queensland between the towns of Tambo and Augathella, or the Warrego and Langlo Rivers. There are many dialects of the language, including Gayiri and Gunggari. Some of them are being revitalised and is being taught in local schools in the region. Dialects The Bidjara language included numerous dialects, of which Bidjara proper was the last to go extinct. One of these was Gunya (Kunja), spoken over 31,200 km2 (12,188 sq mi), from the Warrego River near Cunnamulla north to Augathella and Burenda Station; west to between Cooladdi and Cheepie; east to Morven and Angellala Creek; at Charle-ville. Fred McKellar was the last known speaker. Yagalingu is poorly attested but may have been a dialect of Bidjara. Natalie Kwok prepared a report on Gunggari for the National Native Title Tribunal in Australia. In it she says: :Language served as an importan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrego River
The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling River, Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana (New South Wales), Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Warrego River is the northernmost tributary of the Darling River. Course and features The river rises from below Mount Ka Ka Mundi in the Carnarvon Range, near Tambo, Queensland, Tambo in Queensland, and flows generally south, reaching its confluence with the Darling River, downstream from Bourke, New South Wales, Bourke. The river is joined by thirty-seven tributary, tributaries, including the Nive River (Queensland), Nive and Langlo River, Langlo rivers; descending over its watercourse, course. The river flows through a series of reservoirs, including the Dillalah Waterhole, Ten Mile Waterhole, Lower Lila Dam, Six Mile Dam, Turtle Waterhole, and Boera Dam. The towns of Augathella, Charleville, Queensland, Charleville, Wyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunya Language
Bidjara, also spelt Bidyara or Pitjara, is an Australian Aboriginal language. In 1980, it was spoken by twenty elders in Queensland between the towns of Tambo and Augathella, or the Warrego and Langlo Rivers. There are many dialects of the language, including Gayiri and Gunggari. Some of them are being revitalised and is being taught in local schools in the region. Dialects The Bidjara language included numerous dialects, of which Bidjara proper was the last to go extinct. One of these was Gunya (Kunja), spoken over 31,200 km2 (12,188 sq mi), from the Warrego River near Cunnamulla north to Augathella and Burenda Station; west to between Cooladdi and Cheepie; east to Morven and Angellala Creek; at Charle-ville. Fred McKellar was the last known speaker. Yagalingu is poorly attested but may have been a dialect of Bidjara. Natalie Kwok prepared a report on Gunggari for the National Native Title Tribunal in Australia. In it she says: :Language served as an important id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward, Queensland
Ward is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the Ward had a population of 74 people. Geography The Ward River enters the locality from the north ( Bayrick) and then flows south through the locality becoming a tributary of the Langlo River in the south of the locality. Glengarry is a neighbourhood in the south of the locality (). Meecha is a neighbourhood in the far south of the locality (). Castle Hill is in the centre of the locality (). The land use is almost entirely grazing on native vegetation. History Meecha was surveyed for a town site by A. T. Macfarlane on 17 March 1891. Two of the 20 town lots were purchased on 30 January 1894 and were held until ownership was transferred to Murweh Shire Council on 30 July 1968 and then became Crown land on 15 September 1977. The locality was named and bounded on 28 March 2002. Economy There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Aubigny () * Balmacarra () * Barford () * Binga Minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gowrie Station, Queensland
Gowrie Station is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the Gowrie Station had a population of 15 people. Geography The Mitchell Highway passes through the locality entering from the south-west (Charleville) and exiting to the north (Augathella). The predominant land use is grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ... on native vegetation. History In the Gowrie Station had a population of 15 people. Economy There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Barradeen () * Gowrie () * North Yarrawonga () * Woolabra () * Yarrawonga () References {{Shire of Murweh Shire of Murweh Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nive, Queensland
Nive is a locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , Nive had a population of 34 people. History The locality takes its name from the Nive River. The river in turn was named by Sir Thomas Mitchell, the New South Wales Surveyor-General, on 13 September 1846, after the Nive River in south western France, where Lord Wellington engaged in the Battle of the Nive in the Peninsula War in 1813. Nive Downs was a huge sheep station that was broken up into home blocks and allocated to returned servicemen in a ballot after the 2nd world war. The Duttons sold Nive Downs in 1866 and awarded a breastplate to Paddy, King of Nive Downs for the service of his tribe. Paddy was likely a Wadjalang man. The breastplate is now in the National museum of Australia. Road infrastructure The Landsborough Highway runs through from south to north. Education There are no schools in Nive. The nearest primary school is in neighbouring Augathella. The nearest secondary school is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Creek, Queensland
Clara Creek is a locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the , Clara Creek had a population of 45 people. History The locality was named and bounded on 28 March 2002. Road infrastructure The Landsborough Highway Landsborough Highway is a highway in western Queensland, Australia, running in the northwest–southeast direction from Morven, Queensland, Morven to Cloncurry, Queensland, Cloncurry. The Landsborough Highway runs through vast tracts of land th ... runs through from south to north-west. References Shire of Murweh Localities in Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
