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Balgowan, Queensland
Balgowan is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Balgowan had a population of 14 people. Geography Like much of the Darling Downs, Balgowan is flat agricultural land. It is about 440 metres about sea level and is used for both cropping and grazing, all freehold. The Oakey–Cooyar Road, locally named Pechey - Maclagan Road Pechey may refer to: Places * Pechey, Queensland, Australia ** Pechey Forestry Arboretum, an arboretum in Pechey Surname * Alfred Pechey (1840–1882), Australian politician * Archibald Thomas Pechey (1876-1961), English writer * Edith Pechey (18 ..., passes through the locality from south-east to north. History Plainview State School (sometimes appears as Plain View State School) opened on 1 December 1884 and closed in December 1921. In the Balgowan had a population of 14 people. References {{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland ... [...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] |
Electoral District Of Condamine
Condamine is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Condamine takes in areas to the north-west, west and south of Toowoomba. It includes a number of small towns, such as Oakey, Pittsworth, Cambooya and Clifton. The district is named for the Condamine River which runs through it. Created for the 2009 state election, it was mostly made up of territory previously belonging to the abolished districts of Cunningham and Darling Downs. It also drew a small number of voters previously belonging to the district of Toowoomba South. Originally proposed to be named Dalby by the Electoral Commission of Queensland, the name Condamine was adopted instead upon further review. There was also an earlier district known as Condamine that existed from 1950 to 1992. It was based in the same region. History The electorate's re-introduction at the 2009 state election pitted two sitting members against each other. MPs Ray Hopper and Stuart Copela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Groom
The Division of Groom is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Groom is an agricultural electorate located on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland. It includes the regional city of Toowoomba and rural communities to the west and south. The current MP is Garth Hamilton, a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was created in 1984 as essentially a reconfigured version of the old Division of Darling Downs, which had existed since Federation. It is named in honour of Sir Littleton Groom, who represented Darling Downs with on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalie Plains, Queensland
Rosalie Plains is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rosalie Plains had a population of 44 people. History The locality takes its name from an early pastoral run that was held by Robert Ramsay in the late 1840s. In 1877, were resumed from the Rosalie Plains pastoral run and offered for selection on 17 April 1877. Ashlea Provisional School opened on January 1907. On 1 January 1909 it became Ashlea State School, being renamed Rosalie Plains State School in 1916. It closed circa 1944. Road infrastructure The Oakey–Cooyar Road runs through from south to north, and Pechey-Maclagan Road exits to the west. References {{Authority control Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highland Plains, Queensland (Toowoomba Region)
Highland Plains is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Highland Plains had a population of 41 people. History Highland Plains State School opened on 1918. It closed on circa 1945. Road infrastructure The Oakey–Cooyar Road Oakey–Cooyar Road is a continuous road route in the Darling Downs and Toowoomba regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 68. It is a state-controlled part regional and part district road (number 417). It ... runs through from south to west, locally known as Pechey - Maclagan Road from where it turns west. Pechey - Maclagan Road enters from the south-east and joins Oakey–Cooyar Road. References Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland {{Toowoomba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muldu, Queensland
Muldu is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. History ''Muldu ''is an Aboriginal word, meaning "shade". It was originally assigned to the Muldu railway station by the Queensland Railways Department on 24 November 1911. Muldu State School opened on 3 September 1917 and closed in 1966. In the Muldu had a population of three. References Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland {{Toowoomba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brymaroo, Queensland
Brymaroo is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Brymaroo had a population of 140 people. It includes the location of the World War II era Brymaroo Aerodrome and current Army Aviation practice area. History The locality was originally called Rosalie (possibly after the parish name) but was renamed Byrmaroo on 1 July 1905 to avoid confusion with other places called Rosalie. Rosalie Plains Provisional School opened in 1881 as a half-time school with Irvingdale Provisional School (meaning they shared a single teacher) but closed on 6 May 1881. On 1 May 1882 it re-opened as a full-time provisional school but closed on 2 May 1883. It opened again in April 1889 in a new building, but then closed in April 1906. It re-opened on 29 August 1913 and on 14 July 1914 it was renamed Brymaroo State School. It closed in 1927, but on 11 Jun 1928 it reopened as a half-time school in conjunction with Viewfield State School. On 1 April 1930 Brymaroo State Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suburbs And Localities (Australia)
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond. In 2018-2019, it had a A$491 million budget, of which A$316 million is for service delivery and A$175.13 million capital (infrastructure) budget. History Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Toowoomba Region existed as eight distinct local government areas: the City of Toowoomba and the Shires of Cambooya, Clifton, Crows Nest, Jondaryan, Millmerran, Pittsworth, and Rosalie. The City had its beginning in the Toowoomba Municipality which was proclaimed on 24 November 1860 under the ''Municipalities Act 1858'', a piece of New South Wales legislation inherited by Queensland when it became a separate colony in 1859. William Henry Groom, sometimes described as the "father of Toowoomba", was elected its first mayor. It achieved a measu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk ( ALP) , legislature = Parliament of Queensland , judiciary = Supreme Court of Queensland , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darling Downs
The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally applied to an area approximating to that of the Condamine River catchment upstream of Condamine township but is now applied to a wider region comprising the Southern Downs, Western Downs, Toowoomba and Goondiwindi local authority areas. The name Darling Downs was given in 1827 by Allan Cunningham, the first European explorer to reach the area and recognises the then Governor of New South Wales, Ralph Darling. The region has developed a strong and diverse agricultural industry largely due to the extensive areas of vertosols (cracking clay soils), particularly black vertosols, of moderate to high fertility and available water capacity. Manufacturing and mining, particularly coal mining are also important, and coal seam gas extraction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakey–Cooyar Road
Oakey–Cooyar Road is a continuous road route in the Darling Downs and Toowoomba regions of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 68. It is a state-controlled part regional and part district road (number 417). It provides an alternate route between the Warrego Highway and the New England Highway, bypassing . Route description The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) defines a single point in at which all of its local roads start and end, or pass through to other end points. The former route of the Warrego Highway through the town, now known as Oakey Connection Road (see below) is the basis from which other roads emanate. Thus the Oakey–Cooyar Road starts at its junction with Oakey Connection Road, which is the TMR designated point. State Route 68 does not end at that point, but follows Oakey Connection Road and Oakey–Pittsworth Road until it meets the Warrego Highway. For convenience this article describes the full length of State Rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
